Anna Laura Lepschy (née Momigliano; born 30 November 1933) is an Italian linguist. She is an Emeritus Professor in Italian at

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Early life and education

Lepschy was born on 30 November 1933 in Turin, Italy to parents Arnaldo Dante and Gemma Celestina (Segre) Momigliano. She earned her

Bachelor of Letters Bachelor of Letters (BLitt or LittB; Latin ' or ') is a second undergraduate university degree in which students specialize in an area of study relevant to their own personal, professional, or academic development. This area of study may have been t ...

and

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from

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Career

In 1977, Lepschy and her husband

Giulio Lepschy Giulio Ciro Lepschy, FBA (born 14 January 1935) is an Italian academic. He was Professor of Italian at the University of Reading from 1975 to 1997. Born in 1935, Lepschy attended the University of Pisa and the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. H ...

co-published a book titled ''The Italian Language Today'' through Hutchinson & Co. Publishers. ''The Italian Language Today'' is a reference book meant to provide an outline of the Italian language and grammar of contemporary Italian. She later co-edited a collection of essays titled ''Book Production and Letters in the Western European Renaissance:Essays in Honour of Conor Fahy.'' By 1994, Lepschy was the recipient of the

Order of Merit of the Italian Republic The Order of Merit of the Italian Republic ( it, Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana) is the senior Italian order of merit. It was established in 1951 by the second President of the Italian Republic, Luigi Einaudi. The highest-ranking ...

and later with the

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. In 1984, Lepschy was appointed a Head of the Italian Department at the

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

and founded the Centre for Italian Studies. While teaching, Lepschy co-edited a book with Verina R. Jones titled ''With a Pen in Her Hand: Women and Writing in Italy in the Nineteenth Century and beyond''. The book was a collection of essays delivered at the Conference on Women and Writing in Nineteenth-Century Italy in February 1997. In 2002, Lepschy co-edited another book titled ''Multilingualism in Italy, Past and Present'' with Arturo Tosi. In 2011, Lepschy was the recipient of the

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from the

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References

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