Typology and dynamics of Information Structure and its interface with prosody
Negation: typology and evolution
Berber linguistics, geolinguistics, and sociolinguistics
Arabic dialectology, African Arabic
Linguistic geography of Africa
Current research projects
Structure de l’information en berbère, project funded by Fonds de la recherche EHESS, which I direct, 2019-2020
Linguistique informatique, formelle et de terrain – Groupement de recherche (GDR)-LIFT, member, 2019-2023
Multilingualism in Ancient and Modern Contexts, Alexander von HUMBOLDT Foundation, Universität Leipzig, Stellenbosch University, member, 2019-2020.
Former research projects
The Typology of Pseudoverbs, LABEX-EFL project (Thread 3), in co-direction with H. Chappell, obtained with approved budget for 2020-2025, withdrawn due to transfer from LLACAN to LIER-FYT
The Typology and Corpus Annotation of Information Structure and Grammatical Relations, LABEX EFL – GD1, http://llacan.vjf.cnrs.fr/TCA-ISGR/Home.html, member, 2014-2019
TULQUEST- Les questionnaires en typologie : recensement, analyse, valorisation et réflexion épistémologique, French Fédération de typologie et universaux linguistiques, http://tulquest.huma-num.fr/en, 2014-2018
Pidgins et créoles en contact, French Fédération de typologie et universaux linguistiques, http://www.typologie.cnrs.fr/spip.php?rubrique100, 2016-2018
Studying Berber medieval texts, Italian National Research Foundation, Università di Milano-Bicocca, 2012-2016
Language Norms and Accommodation in Computer-Mediated Discourse, FWO-Research Foundation Flanders , 2011-2014
Intonation and Topicalisation, FWO-Research Foundation Flanders , 2008-2011
Tradition and Modernity in African Child Narratives, Italian National Research Foundation, 2007-2009
Language, Culture and Development in the Mediterranean Area, Italian National Research Foundation – PRIN2005, 2006-2008
Language Use and Identity Construction among North African youngsters in Belgium, FWO-Research Foundation Flanders , 2005-2008
Orality in Africa and the diaspora, National Fund for Scientific Research & Leids Universitair Fonds (LUF), Universiteit Leiden, 2003-2004
Atlas linguistique des variétés berbères du Rif, NWO-National Fund for Scientific, National Fund for Scientific Research, Universiteit Leiden, 2001-2004
Contes berbères Chaouis de l’Aurès, NWO- Universiteit Leiden, 2000-2001
Language Variation and Language Planning (Berber), BOF-Special Research Foundation, Universiteit Gent, 1999-2000