Daniel Petit#
| Membership Number: | 6438 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LINGUISTIC STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2023 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.antiquite.ens.fr/enseignants/pages-personnelles/daniel-petit-grammaire-et/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- September 2013 - February 2015 Research delegation at the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), UMR 8094 Lattice
- Since 2011 Director of Studies ‘Baltic and Indo-European Linguistics’ (École pratique des hautes études)
- Since 2003 Full Professor ‘Indo-European Linguistics’ (École normale supérieure, Département des Sciences de l’Antiquité)
- Since 1996 Lecturer ‘Indo-European Linguistics’ (Institut catholique de Paris, ELCOA)
- 2002 Habilitation in Baltic linguistics, defended at Paris-Sorbonne Université (supervisor: Charles de Lamberterie)
- 1996 PhD in Greek linguistics, defended at Paris-Sorbonne Université (supervisor: Jean-Louis Perpillou)
- 1996 Bachelor’s degree in Lithuanian, INALCO, Paris
- 1991 DEA (Diplôme d’études approfondies, Master 2) in Greek linguistics, Paris-Sorbonne.
- 1990 Agrégation de Grammaire (1st rank)
- 1989 Maîtrise (Master 1) in Greek linguistics, Paris-Sorbonne
- 1988 Graduate of the École normale supérieure of Paris (rank 5th), education between 1988 and 1994
- 1988 BA in Classics, Université de Reims
Fields of Scholarship
- Latvian linguistics and philology
- Lithuanian linguistics and philology
- History of comparative linguistics
- Historical syntax
- Comparative grammar of the Indo-European languages
- Baltic linguistics and philology
- Old Prussian linguistics and philology
- Ancient Greek linguistics and philology
Honours and Awards
- 2021 Elected as French correspondent of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (Paris)
- 2016 - 2021 Vice-chair (Stellvertreter) of the Indogermanische Gesellschaft
- 2011 Knight of the Academic Palms (Chevalier des Palmes Académiques)
