Teresa Parodi

Dr. Teresa Parodi serves as a University Lecturer in the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics within the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics at the University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on language acquisition across multiple contexts, utilizing corpus and experimental methodologies grounded in generative grammar.

Her primary research domains include:

• Monolingual first language acquisition
• Simultaneous bilingualism in children
• Second language acquisition by both children and adults
• Syntax of Spanish and Greek languages
• Formal features in degree clauses and clitics

Recent work examines child Spanish relatives, second-position clitics, and focus features in adult L2 acquisition, published in journals like Second Language Research and Language Acquisition.

Analysis of her recent publications reveals consistent emphasis on syntactic theory applied to acquisition phenomena, with strong focus on Romance languages (particularly Spanish) and Greek. Her work bridges theoretical linguistics with empirical acquisition data, frequently addressing structural optionality and formal feature mapping.

Dr. Parodi actively contributes to the Cambridge Bilingualism Network, an outreach initiative connecting researchers with educators, clinicians, and parents to disseminate bilingualism research and address practical challenges in multilingual environments.