José Antonio Pascual Rodríguez (born 29 March 1942,

Monleras Monleras is a municipality located in the Northwest of province of Salamanca, Castile and León, Spain, near the Tormes river. According to the 2004 census (INE INE, Ine or ine may refer to: Institutions * Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a G ...

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) is a

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and

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of the

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, and a member of the Royal Spanish Academy and '' Accademia della Crusca'', the regulatory institutions of

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Spanish and

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, respectively. He joined the Royal Spanish Academy in 2002, serving as its vicepresident from 2007 to 2015, and is best known for his work with

Joan Coromines Joan Coromines i Vigneaux (; also frequently spelled ''Joan Corominas'';Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico, by Joan Corominas icand José Antonio Pascual, Editorial Gredos, 1989, Madrid, . Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain 190 ...

on the '' Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico'' (published 1983-1991), as well as the television series '' Hablando claro'' aired in

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in the late 1980s.

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1942 births People from Salamanca University of Salamanca alumni University of Seville faculty Charles III University of Madrid faculty Linguists from Spain Historical linguists Linguists of Spanish Members of the Institute for Catalan Studies Members of the Royal Spanish Academy Living people {{Spain-linguist-stub