Erling Strudsholm

Erling Strudsholm serves as Associate Professor of Italian Linguistics at the University of Copenhagen's Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies within the Faculty of Humanities, maintaining active research and teaching responsibilities since 2001 with administrative leadership as head of Italian studies and international coordinator.

His academic credentials include:

• Cand. phil. in Italian, University of Copenhagen (1985)
• Ph.D. in Italian Language, University of Copenhagen (1997)
• Adjunct Pedagogicum, University of Copenhagen (1999)

Strudsholm's research centers on Italian Linguistics with specialization in language variation (synchronic/diachronic), grammaticalization, corpus linguistics, and perception verb semantics. Current investigations examine pronouns/deixis, diachronic perception verb constructions, numerical/color idioms, and deontic modalities, reflecting deep engagement with both theoretical frameworks and empirical linguistic analysis.

Recent publications (2024-2025) reveal concentrated scholarly output in Italian language variation, grammatical structures, and French-Italian contrastive studies. Key themes include diachronic analysis of numerals (e.g., 'dozzina'), lexical semantics of temporal concepts ('tempo'), and pedagogical approaches to verb systems, demonstrating consistent application of corpus linguistics methodologies across historical and synchronic dimensions.

No specific scientific awards or major fellowships are documented in the available materials.

Strudsholm teaches Italian grammar, sociolinguistics, and language history while supervising PhD candidates; his research collaborations span Italian institutions including Università di Torino and Università di Bologna, focusing on deixis, numerical expressions, and deontic modality. Active conference participation indicates ongoing project development despite unlisted grant details.

He contributes to multiple research networks: ENGEROM's Variationslingvistik og sprogforandring group, Ny forskning i grammatik, Società di Linguistica Italiana (SLI), Società Internazionale di Linguistica e Filologia Italiana (SILFI), and Gruppo di Studi di Comunicazione Parlata (GSCP), facilitating cross-institutional linguistic research.