Luca Serianni

Luca Serianni (Italian pronunciation: [ˈluːka seˈrjanni]) (born 30 October 1947) is an Italian linguist and philologist.

Serianni is professor of Italian language at Sapienza Università di Roma.

A student of Arrigo Castellani, he has led research about Italian linguistic history from the Middle Ages to the present day.

He has authored a reference grammar of the Italian language. Together with Maurizio Trifone he is in charge of the Vocabolario della lingua Italiana Il Devoto-Oli, and with Pietro Trifone he edited Storia della lingua italiana.

Member of the Accademia della Crusca, Accademia dei Lincei, Arcadia, and vice-chairman of the Società Dante Alighieri.

In 2002 he was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Valladolid.

He is the director of the magazines Studi linguistici italiani (Italian Linguistic Studies) and Studi di lessicografia italiana (Studies of Italian Lexicography).

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