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Gennaro Chierchia (; born 10 September 1953 in
Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...
) is an Italian
linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), Morphology (linguistics), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds ...
and
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. Chierchia is currently the Haas Foundation Professor of Linguistics and Professor of Philosophy at
Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...
. His work and study focus on areas including
semantics Semantics is the study of linguistic Meaning (philosophy), meaning. It examines what meaning is, how words get their meaning, and how the meaning of a complex expression depends on its parts. Part of this process involves the distinction betwee ...
,
pragmatics In linguistics and the philosophy of language, pragmatics is the study of how Context (linguistics), context contributes to meaning. The field of study evaluates how human language is utilized in social interactions, as well as the relationship ...
,
philosophy of language Philosophy of language refers to the philosophical study of the nature of language. It investigates the relationship between language, language users, and the world. Investigations may include inquiry into the nature of Meaning (philosophy), me ...
, and language pathology.


Career

Born in
Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...
, Chierchia received his
Bachelor of Arts A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is the holder of a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts deg ...
in
Philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...
from the
Sapienza University of Rome The Sapienza University of Rome (), formally the Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", abbreviated simply as Sapienza ('Wisdom'), is a Public university, public research university located in Rome, Italy. It was founded in 1303 and is ...
in 1977, when he studied under Tullio De Mauro. He then went on to earn a
Doctor of Philosophy A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of Postgraduate education, graduate study and original resear ...
in
Linguistics Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), Morphology (linguistics), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds ...
at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1984. His dissertation, chaired by
Barbara Partee Barbara Hall Partee (born June 23, 1940) is a Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Linguistics and Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass). She is known as a pioneer in the field of formal semantics. Biography Bo ...
, was titled "Topics in the Syntax and Semantics of Infinitives and Gerunds." Chierchia began his professorial career when he served as Assistant Professor of Linguistics at
Brown University Brown University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. It is the List of colonial colleges, seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the US, founded in 1764 as the ' ...
from 1983 to 1985. He then continued in the same role at
Cornell University Cornell University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson W ...
from 1985 to 1992, before moving back to his native
Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
. From 1992 to 2000, Chierchia taught as a full professor at the University of Milan Bicocca, including a year at the University of Salerno from 1994 to 1995. Since 2006, he has taught at
Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...
as the Haas Foundations Professor of Linguistics and Professor of Philosophy. In 2014, Chierchia was named as Fellow of the Linguistic Society of America. In 2019, he was awarded a
Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are Grant (money), grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, endowed by the late Simon Guggenheim, Simon and Olga Hirsh Guggenheim. These awards are bestowed upon indiv ...
.


Works

*''Meaning and Grammar: An Introduction to Semantics'', 1990. *''Dynamics of Meaning: Anaphora, Presupposition, and the Theory of Grammar'', 1995. *''Logic in Grammar: Polarity, Free Choice, and Intervention'', 2013.


See also

* List of Fellows of the Linguistic Society of America * List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2019 * List of Harvard University people * List of University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni


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Harvard University profileUniversity of Milan profile
1953 births Living people Writers from Rome Sapienza University of Rome alumni University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Humanities and Fine Arts alumni Linguists from Italy Semanticists Academic staff of the University of Milan Academic staff of the University of Salerno Brown University faculty Cornell University faculty Harvard University Department of Philosophy faculty Fellows of the Linguistic Society of America {{italy-linguist-stub