Marcello De Martino

MA, PhD in Linguistics.

My name is Marcello De Martino, I am italian and I am 35 years old.
I think that the Internet is a great means of communication which allows us to be known and to be watched all over the world.
So, I could not resist temptation to be here.
If Linguistics is your job and your passion, send me an e-mail.
Particurarly, I am very interested in having a job or study experience abroad.

• e-mail : nemo.ec@iol.it
• Fax : 39 - 6 - 948.66.85
• Phone : 39 - 6 - 769.08.582
• Address : Via Tarquinio Collatino, 16 - 00175 Rome Italy.

EDUCATION

• 1977-1982
  Liceo Classico "Augusto", Rome.
  Obtained Diploma di Maturità Classica.

• 1982-1989
  University "La Sapienza", Rome.
  Obtained MA with honours (110/110) in Linguistics, specializing :
  Indo-European languages : Latin, Ancient Greek, Sanskrit,
  Hittite, Old Iranian (Avesta), Classical Armenian, Old Slavonic;
  Non-Indo-European Languages : Biblical Hebrew, Akkadian,
  Sumerian, Old Egyptian, Dravidian languages (Tamil).
  Thesis : "The problem of dental spirants in Indo-European".
  

• 1991-1996
  University of Padua.
  PhD in Linguistics, specializing :
  Late Latin, Ancient Italic Languages (Osco-Umbrian), Romance Linguistics
  (Italian Dialects, Rumanian), Theory of Language (Functionalism), Functional Syntax,
  linguistic Typology, testual Philology.
  Doctorate dissertation : "The periphrastic constructions middle-passive
  as -tus fui in Gesta Conlationis Carthaginiensis. Hints for a reflection upon the
  restoration of passive diathesis in Late Latin".
  

LECTURES

• 1992
  University of Padua, Italy.
  "The question of SONVS MEDIVS in Latin".
  

• 1997
  University of Bucharest, Romania.
  "A case of false vulgarism according to Grammarians : a supposed vulgar
  pronunciation of long /o/ of Roma".
  

• 1997
  «Hyperion» University, Bucharest, Romania.
  Discussion with graduate students on problems related to Latin phonology.
  

PUBLICATIONS

• 1993-1994
  "The question of SONVS MEDIVS in Latin between history, philology and hermeneutics"
  published in Italian language in Atti dell' Istituto Veneto di Lettere, Scienze ed Arti,
  Tomo CLII, pages 737-788, Classe di scienze morali, lettere ed arti, Venice.
  

• 1996
  "The question of SONVS MEDIVS in Latin : history and development of u / i before
  labial sounds" published in Italian language in Quaderni Patavini di Linguistica, 15,
  pages 3-37, Padua.
  

• 1997
  "Studies in Sanskrit Historic Phonology" in the press in Quaderni Patavini di Linguistica, 16, pages 1-46, (in Italian language).

• 1998
  "The sounds of Latin L and LL according to Grammarians of Imperial Age : an attempt of revision. I." in the press in Indogermanische Forschungen pages 1-33 (in Italian language).
  

• 1999
  "The sounds of Latin L and LL according to Grammarians of Imperial Age : an attempt of revision. II." in the press in Indogermanische Forschungen pages 34-67 (in Italian language).
  

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS

• Historical and Comparative Linguistics (Indo-European and Non-Indo-European);
• Synchronic and Diachronic Phonology;
• Study of Ancient Oriental Languages (Sanskrit);
• History of Classical Languages (Late Latin);
• Functional Syntax;
• Testual Philology.

CURRENT PROJECTS

• Research on Latin Etymology;
• Theory of Latin Prosodic Features;
• Study on ergative split in Sanskrit : typologic approach with Latin and Arabic;
• Study on Proto-Indo-European;
• Historical Syntax;
• Theory of Functional Grammar.

MODERN LANGUAGES

• Excellent written and spoken knowledge of Italian and French.
• Good knowledge of English, German and Spanish.