Rosanna Sornicola (born February 1953) [1] is an Italian linguist specializing in typology, Latin and Romance linguistics. [2]
Sornicola studied at the University of Naples, then held positions as assistant professor at the University of Salerno (1977-1978), lecturer at the University of Palermo (1978-1983) and associate professor at the University of Basilicata (1983-1988), all in general linguistics. [2] [3] In 1988 she returned to the University of Naples as associate professor of sociolinguistics. Between 1990 and 1993 she worked as full professor of sociolinguistics at the University of Calabria, before returning to Naples as full professor of general linguistics, where she was to spend the rest of her career. [2]
Sornicola has held visiting positions at UCLA (1990) and Wolfson College, Cambridge (1983), of which she has been a senior member since 2001. [2] [3] [4] Between 1999 and 2003 she served as president of the Italian Society of Linguistics. [2] [3] Since 2011 she has been a member of the National Society of Sciences, Letters and Arts of Naples, and since 2013 a member of the Accademia Pontaniana. [2] [3] [5] In 2017 she was elected Member of the Academia Europaea. [2]
Sornicola has published broadly across syntax, functional linguistics, historical linguistics, the languages of Italy, the history of linguistics, second-language acquisition, sociolinguistics, and the language of Roman law. [2]
Maria Mikhailovna Bakunina was a Russian-Italian chemist and geologist. Born in Siberia, she moved to southern Italy at a young age, taking up chemistry during her education. By the time of her graduation from the University of Naples, she was already a pioneering figure in stereochemistry and made a number of advancements in applied chemistry. During the early 20th century, she carried out a series of geological surveys in the region of Campania, identifying a number of ichthyol deposits for exploitation. With the outbreak of World War II, she continued her work at the University of Naples and dedicated herself to the rebuilding of the Accademia Pontaniana after the war.
Maria Luisa Altieri Biagi was an Italian scholar and writer.
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Mary Dalrymple, FBA is a professor of syntax at Oxford University. At Oxford, she is a fellow of Linacre College. Prior to that she was a lecturer in linguistics at King's College London, a senior member of the research staff at the Palo Alto Research Center in the Natural Language Theory and Technology group and a computer scientist at SRI International.
Martin Maiden is Statutory Professor of the Romance Languages at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford.
Antonella Sorace,FBA, FRSE, FRSA, Professor of Developmental Linguistics, University of Edinburgh, since 2002; Founding Director, Bilingualism Matters, since 2008 |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U294916 |website=Who's Who 2023 |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=3 December 2022 |language=en |date=1 December 2022}}</ref>) is an experimental linguist and academic, specializing in bilingualism across the lifespan. Since 2002, she has been Professor of Developmental Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh. She a Fellow of British Academy, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
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