Rosanna Sornicola#
| Membership Number: | 4616 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LINGUISTIC STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2017 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
| Homepage(s): | http://wpage.unina.it/sornicol/Pubblicazioni.htm |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 1993 Professor of General Linguistics, University of Naples Federico II
- 1990 - 1993 Professor of Sociolinguistics, University of Calabria
- Spring term 1990 Visiting Professor of Romance Linguistics at the University of California (Los Angeles)
- 1988 - 1990 Associate Professor of Sociolinguistics, University of Naples Federico II
- 1983 - 1988 Associate Professor of General Linguistics, University of Basilicata
- 1978 - 1983 Lecturer of General Linguistics, University of Palermo
- 1977 - 1978 Assistant Professor of General Linguistics, University of Salerno
Fields of Scholarship
- General linguistics
- Synchronic and diachronic typology
- History of linguistic thought
- Sociolinguistics
- Language contact
- Bilingualism
- Linguistic study of migrations
- Latin linguistics
- History of the language of Roman Law
- Historical Romance linguistics
- Romance etymology
- Romance dialectology
Honours and Awards
- 1983 Visiting Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge
- Since 2001 Senior Member of Wolfson College, Cambridge
- 1999 - 2003 President of the Società Linguistica Italiana
- Since 2010 Member of the National Society of Sciences, Letters and Arts in Naples
- Since 2012 Member of the "Accademia Pontaniana" in Naples
