Dr. R. (Riccardo) Giomi PhD
Assistant Professor of Functional Linguistics
Faculty of Humanities
Capaciteitsgroep Taalwetenschap
Visiting address
- Spuistraat 134
- Room number: 6.27
Postal address
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Postbus 1642
1000 BP Amsterdam
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About
I am a functional linguist. My main research interests are linguistic typology, diachronic linguistics and the development of the theory of Functional Discourse Grammar.
My interest for diachronic linguistics goes back to my BA in Foreign Languages and Literatures (University of Florence), when I started working on the grammaticalization of the indicative paradigm from Latin to French and Portuguese. It was during my MA in Linguistics at the University of Lisbon that I realized that my main interest lay in bringing together diacronic and typological research; that is also when I first met Functional Discourse Grammar and decided that in my PhD research (Univesity of Lisbon) I would apply this framework in the study of grammaticalizaton from a typological perspective. Typology and diachrony were also at the core of my postdoctoral fellowship on the grammaticalization and syncretism patterns of voice markers (University of Liège), which I held until I joined the UvA in 2023.
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Publications
2025
- Giomi, R. (2025). A layered approach to habitual expressions in Portuguese. Manuscript in preparation. In A layered approach to habitual expressions (Typological Studies in Languages). John Benjamins.
2024
Giomi, R. (2024). The future indicative as an expression of general truth in European Portuguese. Linguistics in Amsterdam, 15(2), 127-133. Article 18. https://dspace.uba.uva.nl/bitstreams/de8c500e-ceb7-4f62-9340-5735b8a3a056/download [details]- Giomi, R., & Inglese, G. (2024). Underspecification and ambiguity of voice markers: Synchrony and diachrony. Manuscript submitted for publication. In How vague and ambiguous are vagueness and ambiguity? (Pragmatics & Beyond New Series). John Benjamins.
2023
- Giomi, R. (2023). A Functional Discourse Grammar Theory of Grammaticalization. Volume 1: Functional Change. (Brill's Studies in Historical Linguistics; Vol. 19). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004520578 [details]
- Giomi, R. (2023). A Functional Discourse Grammar Theory of Grammaticalization. Volume 2: Formal Change. (Brill's Studies in Historical Linguistics; Vol. 20). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004520585 [details]
- Giomi, R. (2023). Natalia Knoblock (ed.), The grammar of hate: Morphosyntactic features of hateful, aggressive, and dehumanizing discourse. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. Pp. xvi + 293. Reviewed by Riccardo Giomi. Journal of Linguistics, Online First, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022226723000208
2022
- Giomi, R. (2022). Similatives are Manners, comparatives are Quantities (except when they aren’t). Open Linguistics, 8(1), 650-674. https://doi.org/10.1515/opli-2022-0211
2021
- Giomi, R. (2021). A Functional Discourse Grammar typology of reflexives, with some notes on reciprocals. In Interfaces in Functional Discourse Grammar: Theory and Applications (pp. 175-228). ( Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs; Vol. 354). Mouton de Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110711592-006
- Giomi, R. (2021). The Place of Interpersonal Lexemes in Linguistic Theory, with Special Reference to Functional Discourse Grammar. Corpus Pragmatics, 5(2), 187-222. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41701-020-00094-w
2020
- Giomi, R. (2020). Headedness and modification in Functional Discourse Grammar. Glossa , 5, Article 118. https://doi.org/10.5334/GJGL.1290
- Giomi, R., & Keizer, E. (2020). Extra-clausal constituents in Functional Discourse Grammar: Function and form. Revista da ABRALIN, 19(3), 159-185. https://doi.org/10.25189/rabralin.v19i3.1717
2017
- Giomi, R. (2017). Sémantique et pragmatique du futur synthétique en portugais et en italien. In Le Futur dans les Langues Romanes (pp. 263-303). Peter Lang.
- Giomi, R. (2017). The interaction of components in a Functional Discourse Grammar account of grammaticalization. In The Grammaticalization of Tense, Aspect, Modality and Evidentiality: A Functional Perspective (pp. 39-74). ( Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs; Vol. 311). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110519389-003
2014
- Giomi, R. (2014). Grammar, context and the hearer: A proposal for an addressee-oriented model of functional discourse grammar. Pragmatics, 24(2), 275-296. https://doi.org/10.1075/prag.24.2.05gio
2023
- Giomi, R. (2023). Constituency and linearization in Functional Discourse Grammar. Paper presented at Ninth International Workshop on Functional Discourse Grammar (IW-FDG-2023), Graz, Austria.
- Giomi, R., & Van linden, A. (2023). Combined marking of reflexivity: Typology and grammaticalization. Paper presented at 56th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea, Athens, Greece.
2022
- Giomi, R., & van Oers, D. (2022). Insultive constructions: A crosslinguistic exploration from the perspective of FDG. Paper presented at Seventh International conference on Functional Discourse Grammar, Schoorl, Netherlands.
- Giomi, R., & van Oers, D. (2022). Insultive constructions: A crosslinguistic perspective. Paper presented at 55th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea, Bucharest, Romania.
2021
- Giomi, R. (2021). Similes are Manners, comparisons are Quantities (except when they aren’t). Paper presented at Eighth International Workshop on Functional Discourse Grammar, Graz, Austria.
2020
- Giomi, R. (2020). Interpersonal lexemes as 'Lexical Deeds'. Paper presented at Sixth International conference on Functional Discourse Grammar, Online.
- Giomi, R., & Keizer, E. (2020). Placement at the layer of the Linguistic Expression. Paper presented at Sixth International conference on Functional Discourse Grammar, Online.
2019
- Giomi, R. (2019). Towards a Functional Discourse Grammar typology of reflexives and reciprocals. Paper presented at Seventh International Workshop on Functional Discourse Grammar, Oviedo, Spain.
Membership / relevant position
- Giomi, R. (2020-). Permanent Board Member, International Functional Discourse Grammar Foundation.
Talk / presentation
- Giomi, R. (speaker) (9-6-203). Combined marking of reflexivity: An FDG account, Functional Discourse Grammar Online Lectures Series.
- Giomi, R. (speaker) (23-7-2022). Lexemas interpessoais em diversos modelos funcionalistas, VI Simpósio Internacional de Linguística Funcional.
Others
- Giomi, R. (organiser), Van Olmen, D. (organiser) & Andersson, M. (organiser) (20-8-2023 - 30-8-2023). The Grammar of Impoliteness (56th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea), Athens (organising a conference, workshop, ...). https://societaslinguistica.eu/sle2023/workshops/#WS18
- Giomi, R. (examiner) & Pfau, R. (examiner) (17-7-2023). Analyzing the ZELF and other reflexive constructions in Sign Language of the Netherlands from a Functional Discourse Grammar perspective: a corpus-based typological and theoretical study (examination).
- Giomi, R. (examiner) & van Lier, E. (examiner) (7-7-2023). Partitive Constructions in Latvian, Lithuanian, and Finnish: A Typological Comparative Analysis (examination).
2020
- Giomi, R. (2020). Shifting Structures, Contexts and Meanings: A Functional Discourse Grammar Account of Grammaticalization. [Thesis, fully external, The University of Lisbon]. Brill.
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Giomi, R. (2024). The future indicative as an expression of general truth in European Portuguese. Linguistics in Amsterdam, 15(2), 127-133. Article 18.