Giulio Ciro Lepschy (IPA:[ˈdʒuːljoˈtʃiːroˈlɛpski]; 14 January 1935 – 8 February 2026) was an Italian linguist and academic. He was Professor of Italian at the University of Reading from 1975 to 1997.[1]
In 1987, Lepschy was elected a Fellow of the British Academy, the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities.[1][3] The Academy awarded him its Serena Medal in 2000, awarded annually for "eminent services towards the furtherance of the study of Italian history, philosophy or music, literature, art, or economics."[1][4] He was admitted to the Accademia della Crusca in 1991, being appointed Accademico ordinario in 2010.[1][5]
Lepschy died on 8 February 2026, at the age of 91.[1][5]
Bibliography
Lepschy, Giulio C.. Some Problems in Linguistic Theory. United Kingdom, Academic Press, 1975.
Lepschy, Anna Laura, and Lepschy, Giulio C.. The Italian Language Today. United Kingdom, Routledge, 1992.
Lepschy, Giulio C.. Mother tongues and other reflections on the Italian language. Buffalo, University of Toronto Press, 2002.
Lepschy, Giulio C.. History of Linguistics Volume II: Classical and Medieval Linguistics. United Kingdom, Taylor & Francis, 2014.
Lepschy, Giulio C.. History of Linguistics Vol III: Renaissance and Early Modern Linguistics. United Kingdom, Taylor & Francis, 2014.
Davies, Anna Morpurgo, and Lepschy, Giulio C.. History of Linguistics, Volume IV: Nineteenth-Century Linguistics. United Kingdom, Taylor & Francis, 2016.
Giulio C. Lepschy, A survey of structural linguistics, London: Faber & Faber, 1970. Pp. 192.[6]
