Emidio De Felice (

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, 1918 –

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, 1993) was an Italian

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and

lexicographer Lexicography is the study of lexicons, and is divided into two separate academic disciplines. It is the art of compiling dictionaries. * Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries. * Theoreti ...

. He became a university professor in 1963, teaching linguistics at the

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. Author of

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dictionaries, grammar books and

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, he is mainly known for his research on Italian

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Works

* ''La pronuncia del latino classico'', Arona (

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), Ed. Paideia, 1948. * ''Grammaticae principia : corso di latino per la scuola media'',

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, Palumbo, 1960. * ''La preposizione italiana "a"'',

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, Sansoni, 1960. * ''La romanizzazione dell'estremo Sud d'Italia'', Florence, L. S. Olschki, 1962. * ''Le coste della Sardegna : saggio toponomastico storico-descrittivo'',

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, Ed. Sarda Fossataro, 1964. * ''Dizionario della lingua e della civiltà italiana contemporanea'', coautore Aldo Duro, Palermo, Palumbo, 1974. * ''Dizionario dei cognomi italiani'', Milan, A. Mondadori, 1978. * ''I cognomi italiani : rilevamenti quantitativi dagli elenchi telefonici: informazioni socioeconomiche e culturali, onomastiche e linguistiche'',

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, il Mulino, 1980. * ''I nomi degli italiani. Informazioni onomastiche e linguistiche socioculturali e religiose. Rilevamenti quantitativi dei nomi personali dagli elenchi telefonici'',

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, SARIN,

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, 1982. * ''Le parole d'oggi : il lessico quotidiano, religioso, intellettuale, politico, economico, scientifico, dell'arte e dei media'',

, A. Mondadori, 1984. * ''Dizionario dei nomi italiani : origine, etimologia, storia, diffusione e frequenza di oltre 18000 nomi'', Milan, A. Mondadori, 1986. * ''Nomi e cultura : riflessi della cultura italiana dell'Ottocento e del Novecento nei nomi personali'', Venezia, Marsilio, 1987. . * ''Dizionario critico dei sinonimi italiani'', Venezia, Marsilio, 1991. . * ''Vocabolario italiano'', coautore Aldo Duro,

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, Società editrice internazionale; Palermo, Palumbo, 1993. .

Bibliography

*Enrica Salvaneschi: ''Ricordo di Emidio De Felice (1918–1993).'' In: Quaderni della Sezione di Glottologia e Linguistica 5, 1993 (gefolgt von: Bibliografia di Emidio De Felice) *''Emidio De Felice (1918–1993) e l’onomastica. Contributi inediti, rari e sparsi, a cura di Enzo Caffarelli e Rita Caprini.'' In: ''Rivista Italiana di Onomastica.'' 9, 2003, S. 101–290

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