Tullio De Mauro
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Tullio De Mauro is an Italian linguist and politician.
He was born in Torre Annunziata
, Province of Naples. He in 1963 he published the monumental Storia linguistica dell'Italia unita ("Linguistic History of Unified Italy"). Two years later De Mauro published L'introduzione alla semantica ("Introduction to Semantics") and, in 1971, Senso e significato.
After preparing the entries on semiotics of the Treccani encyclopedia
and publishing the short volume Minisemantica (1982), De Mauro turned to the problem of linguistic education.
De Mauro teaches Philosophy of Language and is director of the Department of Linguistic Science at the University of Rome La Sapienza
.
He is the younger brother of the journalist Mauro De Mauro
who was kidnapped and killed in September 1970, investigating the Sicilian Mafia
.
He was born in Torre Annunziata
Torre Annunziata
Torre Annunziata is a city and comune in the province of Naples, region of Campania in Italy. It is located at the Gulf of Naples at the foot of Mt. Vesuvius.-History:...
, Province of Naples. He in 1963 he published the monumental Storia linguistica dell'Italia unita ("Linguistic History of Unified Italy"). Two years later De Mauro published L'introduzione alla semantica ("Introduction to Semantics") and, in 1971, Senso e significato.
After preparing the entries on semiotics of the Treccani encyclopedia
Enciclopedia Italiana
The Enciclopedia Italiana di scienze, lettere ed arti , is an Italian encyclopedia, generally regarded as the most authoritative of that language...
and publishing the short volume Minisemantica (1982), De Mauro turned to the problem of linguistic education.
De Mauro teaches Philosophy of Language and is director of the Department of Linguistic Science at the University of Rome La Sapienza
University of Rome La Sapienza
The Sapienza University of Rome, officially Sapienza – Università di Roma, formerly known as Università degli studi di Roma "La Sapienza", is a coeducational, autonomous state university in Rome, Italy...
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He is the younger brother of the journalist Mauro De Mauro
Mauro De Mauro
Mauro De Mauro was an Italian journalist. He disappeared in September 1970 and his body has not yet been found. His disappearance and probable death remains one of the unsolved mysteries in Italian history.Several explanations for his disappearance are current...
who was kidnapped and killed in September 1970, investigating the Sicilian Mafia
Mafia
The Mafia is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century in Sicily, Italy. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct, and whose common enterprise is protection racketeering...
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Selected works
- Ludwig WittgensteinLudwig WittgensteinLudwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein was an Austrian philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. He was professor in philosophy at the University of Cambridge from 1939 until 1947...
(1966) - Scuola e linguaggio (1977-1978)
- Parlare italiano (1973)
- Guida all'uso delle parole (1987)