After classical studies (Latin, Greek and French literature), I wrote my PhD thesis on semantics and grammaticalization in Romance languages. I now work as a researcher at the CNRS (Lattice laboratory, ENS), and specialize in the study of
constraints on language structure and language evolution, working mostly on (a) the
expression of space in language and (b) the
renewal of grammatical structure, and focusing on
Romance languages, but with an eye on current typological studies and other European languages (Germanic, Slavic & Hungarian).