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.
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".
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.