Max Pfister (21 April 1932 in
Zürich
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– 21 October 2017 in Saarbrücken) was a
Swiss
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Romance studies
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scholar and linguist.
He is the initiator of the LEI (''
Lessico etimologico italiano
The ''Lessico etimologico italiano'' (''LEI'') is an etymological dictionary of the Italian language.
It has been published since 1979 by the Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur in Mainz, Germany
Germany, officially the Federal ...
''), which deals with Italian and German research of
etymology
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and
dialectology
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of the
Italian language
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, now directed together with
Wolfgang Schweickard .
Selected publications
*Pfister, Max: ''Lessico etimologico italiano'', Wiesbaden, Reichert, 1979ff.
Honors
*Mainzer Akademie der Wissenschaften, Socio corrispondente straniero der Accademia della Crusca
*Premio Galileo Galilei dei Rotary Italiani
*Diploma di 1 Classe con Medaglia d'Oro ai Benemeriti della Cultura e dell'Arte, conferred by the Italian president
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (; 9 December 1920 – 16 September 2016) was an Italian politician, statesman and banker who was the President of Italy from 1999 to 2006 and the Prime Minister of Italy from 1993 to 1994.
A World War II veteran, C ...
, 2006
References
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Max Pfister
1932 births
2017 deaths
People from Zurich
Linguists from Germany
Linguists of Italian
Academic staff of Saarland University
Romance philologists
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