Isabella Matticchio

Sveučilište u Rijeci (Croatia)

The speech rhythm of Italian Americans

2024–2025: Spring

Isabella Matticchio is an Italo-Croatian linguist working on the Italian language spoken outside of Italy, and on other Romance varieties – Istrovenetian and Istriot – spoken in Croatia by the Italian National Community.

Recently she served as a consultant in securing the registration of the Istriot language as an intangible cultural heritage of the Republic of Croatia, in the European Union.

Isabella received her PhD in Linguistics from the University of Padua in 2017, and is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Rijeka, Croatia, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Italian language and linguistics.

Before accepting her teaching and research position in Rijeka, she held teaching and research appointments at the University of Klagenfurt, Austria, and at the University of Pula, Croatia (where she also completed her BA and MA in Italian language and literature).

Following her research interest in the Italian language, culture, and heritage, Isabella will work on the speech rhythm of Italian Americans during her stay at the Italian Academy.