Giulio Lepschy
Giulio Lepschy | |
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| Born | Giulio Ciro Lepschy 14 January 1935 Venice, Italy |
| Died | 8 February 2026 (aged 91) London, England |
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| Relatives | Arnaldo Momigliano (father-in-law) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Pisa Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa |
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| Discipline | Linguistics |
| Institutions | University of Zurich University of Oxford University of Reading University College London University of Toronto |
| Main interests | Italian language |
Giulio Ciro Lepschy (IPA: [ˈdʒuːljo ˈtʃiːro ˈlɛpski]; 14 January 1935 – 8 February 2026) was an Italian linguist and academic. He was Professor of Italian at the University of Reading from 1975 to 1997.[1]
Life and career
Born in Venice in 1935, Lepschy attended the University of Pisa and the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. He carried out research at various European universities until 1964, when he was appointed to a lectureship at the University of Reading. He was promoted to a readership in 1967 and then to Professor of Italian in 1975. He remained in that post full-time until 1997, when he reduced his workload to part-time; he retired completely in 2000.[1][2][3]
In 1987, Lepschy was elected a Fellow of the British Academy, the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities.[1][3] The Academy awarded him its Serena Medal in 2000, awarded annually for "eminent services towards the furtherance of the study of Italian history, philosophy or music, literature, art, or economics."[1][4] He was admitted to the Accademia della Crusca in 1991, being appointed Accademico ordinario in 2010.[1][5]
Lepschy died on 8 February 2026, at the age of 91.[1][5]
Bibliography
- Lepschy, Giulio C.. Some Problems in Linguistic Theory. United Kingdom, Academic Press, 1975.
- Lepschy, Anna Laura, and Lepschy, Giulio C.. The Italian Language Today. United Kingdom, Routledge, 1992.
- Lepschy, Giulio C.. Mother tongues and other reflections on the Italian language. Buffalo, University of Toronto Press, 2002.
- Lepschy, Giulio C.. History of Linguistics Volume II: Classical and Medieval Linguistics. United Kingdom, Taylor & Francis, 2014.
- Lepschy, Giulio C.. History of Linguistics Vol III: Renaissance and Early Modern Linguistics. United Kingdom, Taylor & Francis, 2014.
- Davies, Anna Morpurgo, and Lepschy, Giulio C.. History of Linguistics, Volume IV: Nineteenth-Century Linguistics. United Kingdom, Taylor & Francis, 2016.
- Giulio C. Lepschy, A survey of structural linguistics, London: Faber & Faber, 1970. Pp. 192.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Obituary: Emeritus Prof Giulio Ciro Lepschy FBA (1935-2026)". University of Reading. 13 February 2026. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
- ^ "Lepschy, Prof. Giulio Ciro", Who's Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Professor Giulio Lepschy FBA", The British Academy. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ "Serena Medal", British Academy. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Scomparso l'Accademico Giulio Ciro Lepschy". Accademia della Crusca (in Italian). 10 February 2026. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
- ^ Dinneen, Francis P. (1971). "Giulio C. Lepschy, A survey of structural linguistics, London: Faber & Faber, 1970. Pp. 192". Journal of Linguistics. 7 (2): 287–291. doi:10.1017/S0022226700002991. ISSN 1469-7742. S2CID 145227063.