As part of the international colloquium Frames: A Colloquium in Linguistics, Philosophy and Economics, held in Bologna and Florence from 6-9 June 2006, on 8 June the Accademia della Crusca organized a workshop to present the projects carried out by the Department of Italian Studies of Florence (in collaboration with the Accademia della Crusca) and the CILTA (Centro Interfacoltà di Linguistica Teorica e Applicata, at the University of Bologna) as part of the FIRB projects (Fondo per gli Investimenti della Ricerca di Base) of the MIUR, the Italian Department for Research and Higher Education.