Background
Loporcaro, Michele was born on April 30, 1963 in Rome. Son of Lorenzo Loporcaro and Laura Malferrari.
Loporcaro, Michele was born on April 30, 1963 in Rome. Son of Lorenzo Loporcaro and Laura Malferrari.
Diploma Corso Ordinario, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy, 1986. Laurea in Lettere, University Pisa, 1986. Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics, Scuola Normale Superiore, 1993.
Ricercatore universitario department linguistics University Padua, Italy, 1990—1992. Associate professor department linguistics University della Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, Italy, 1992—1995. Associate professor romance linguistics Romanisches Seminar/U. Zürich, 1995—1999, full professor romance linguistics, since 2000, head department romance studies, 2000—2004, head department linguistics, since 2006.
Director Doctor of Philosophy programme linguistics, since 2009. Co-editor Italian Journal Linguistics, since 2008. Member science board phonogrammarchiv University Zürich, since 1999, co-chairperson phonogrammarchiv, since 2004, chairperson phonetic laboratory, since 2007.
Member science board Vocabolario dei Dialetti della Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona, Bellinzona (Tessin), Switzerland, since 1998, Institut Suisse de Rome, since 2001. Member advisory board Rivista di Linguistica, Pisa, Italy, 1998—2002. Member referee board Ministero Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica, Rome.
Visiting professor University Vienna/Institut für Sprachwissenschaft, 1996, 98, 2001, 05. Visiting professor department French and Italian University Wisconsin, Madison, 2000. Visiting professor University Graz Institute fuer Sprachwissenschaft, 2003, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, 2004.
Summer school teacher Centro di Dialettologia della Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona, 1998, 2007, Association Linguistic Typology, Cagliari, Italy, 2003, Society Linguistica Europaea, Campobasso, Italy, 2007, Institute of Science Umane, Naples, 2008. Lieutenant Italian Air Force, 1988-1989.
Member of International Society Historical Linguistics (executive committee since 2009), Society de Linguistique Romane (member bureau since 2004), Collegium Romanicum (vice president 2005-2009), Society Linguistica Italiana, Society Italiana Glottologia, Society Linguistica Europaea (executive committee 2000-2007).