Paola Manni
Professor
Department of Arts and Philosophy
University of Firenze
Italy
Biography
Graduated in 1977 at the Faculty of Humanities and Philosophy at the University of Florence, discussing with Prof. Arrigo Castellani a thesis in History of the Italian language entitled The book of giving and having children of Stefano Soderini (1306-1325) . - Holder of a scholarship "Aldo Palazzeschi" of the University of Florence in the two years 1979-1980. - Researcher at the Faculty of Humanities and Philosophy at the University of Florence from August 1980 until October 1998. - Associate Professor at the Faculty of Humanities and Philosophy of the "G. D'Annunzio" University of Chieti, where I have held the chair of History of the Italian language from 1 November 1998 to 30 December 2002. - Associate Professor at the Faculty of Humanities and Philosophy of the University of Florence, as a holder of the History of Italian Language in the years 2003-2005. - Ordinary Professor of Italian Linguistics (disciplinary sector L-FIL-LET / 12) at the Florentine University from 1 November 2005 to today. - Member of the Academy of Crusca since 2011, and Vice-President in the three-year period 2011-2014.
Research Interest
medieval Italian linguistic history , paying particular attention to the Tuscan area and its most ancient volcanic production (13th-15th centuries).
Publications
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Paola Manni (2016). The language of Giovanni Boccaccio. Bologna: The Mill, ISBN: 978-88-15-25980-6
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Manni, Paola (2016). Tuscany. In: Sergio Lubello. Italian language manual, pp. 38-48, Berlin-Boston: De Gruyter, ISBN: 978-3-11-036036-3.
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Manni, Paola (2017). Notes on the graphic rendering of ancient vulgar texts. TO READ, vol. XVII, pp. 164-171, ISSN: 1591-4861
