Laura Brugè

Laura Brugè is a University Researcher at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, affiliated with the Department of Comparative Linguistic and Cultural Studies. She serves as President of the Joint Teacher-Student Commission SLCC Department and has been active in linguistic cartography and Romance language syntax since 2000.

• PhD in Linguistics, University of Padua (1993-1997)
• Erasmus Study Period, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid/Complutense (1993)
• Degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures, Ca' Foscari University (1986)

Her research focuses on theoretical linguistics, comparative syntax of Romance languages, and functional categories in nominal and temporal expressions. She explores applications of formal linguistics to language teaching and investigates historical development of Spanish grammatical structures.

Key publication trends include syntactic analysis of temporal vectors ("atrás"), demonstrative movement, functional projections in DPs, and cartographic studies of prepositional peripheries. She collaborates with scholars like Giuliana Giusti and Avel.lina Suñer on Romance variation and diachronic changes.

Brugè has organized international conferences such as the Workshop on Portuguese Syntax (2013) and Jornada de gramática del español (2013). She serves on editorial boards for "Annali di Ca' Foscari. Western Series" and "Colección VenPalabras" journals.