Mario Pei

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Mario Pei (born February 16, 1901 in Rome , † March 2, 1978 in Glen Ridge (New Jersey) ) was an American Romance scholar , linguist and author of Italian origin.

life and work

Mario Andrew Pei came to the United States in 1908. He received his PhD from Columbia University with the thesis The language of the eight-century texts in northern France. A study of the original documents in the collection of Tardif and other sources (New York 1932) and taught at the same university, from 1952 as full professor of Romance philology. He published numerous works in and outside of Romance Studies, many of which had a considerable impact.

Other works

Romance Studies

  • The Italian Language , New York 1941
  • French Precursors of the Chanson de Roland , New York 1948, 1966
  • A comparative practical grammar of French, Spanish and Italian , New York 1949
  • (with Edmond A. Méras) First-year French. A conversational grammar and reader , New York 1950, 1957
  • (with Emilio Peruzzi and Gino Bigongiari) Getting Along in Italian , 1957, 1958
  • (with John Fisher), Getting Along in French , 1957, 1961
  • (with Eloy Vaquero) Getting along in Spanish , 1957, 1972
  • (with Alexander R. Prista) Getting along in Portuguese , New York 1958
  • Studies in Romance philology and literature , Chapel Hill 1964, 1966
  • The Story of Latin and the Romance Languages , New York 1976

General linguistics and English studies

  • Languages ​​for War and Peace , New York 1943, 1945; ud T. The world's chief languages. Formerly: Languages ​​for war and peace , New York 1946, 1949, 1960
  • The Story of Language , Philadelphia 1949, 1952, 1965, New York 1984 (Italian: La meravigliosa storia del linguaggio, Florence 1952, 1970; French: Histoire du langage , Paris 1954; Spanish: La maravillosa historia del lenguaje , Madrid 1955, 1965 ; Hungarian 1966; Japanese 1979)
  • The Story of English. A Modern Approach , Philadelphia 1952, 1962; ud T. The story of the English language , 1967
  • (Ed. With Frank Gaynor) Liberal arts dictionary in English, French, German, Spanish , New York 1952
  • All about language , Philadelphia 1954 (Japanese 1979)
  • (with Frank Gaynor) A Dictionary of linguistics , New York 1954, London 1958, 1968
  • Language for everybody. What it is and how to master it , New York 1956
  • (with Robert Politzer) Getting Along in German 1957, 1965
  • One Language for the World , New York 1958, 1968
  • (with Eloise Lambert) The book of place names, New York 1959
  • (with Fedor I. Nikanov) Getting Along in Russian , New York 1959
  • (with Eloise Lambert) Our names. Where they came from and what they mean , New York 1960
  • Talking your way around the world , New York 1961
  • The Families of Words , New York 1962, 1972, 1974
  • Voices of Man. The Meaning and Function of Language , New York / London 1962
  • Invitation to linguistics. A basic introduction to the science of language , Garden City 1965 (Spanish Mexico 1970, Arabic 1983)
  • Glossery of linguistic terminology, New York 1966
  • How to learn languages ​​and what languages ​​to learn , New York 1966, 1973
  • (Ed.) Language of the specialists. A communications guide to twenty different fields , New York 1966
  • (Ed.) Language today. A survey of current linguistic thought , New York 1967
  • The many hues of English , New York 1967
  • What's In A Word? Language yesterday, today, and tomorrow , New York 1968, 1975
  • Words in Sheep's Clothing , New York 1969
  • Weasel Words. Saying What You Don't Mean , New York 1972, 1978
  • Double-speak in America , New York 1973
  • (with Salvatore Ramondino) Dictionary of foreign terms , New York 1975

Essay writing

  • The American road to peace. A constitution for the world , New York 1945
  • The consumer's manifesto , New York 1960
  • Our National Heritage , Boston 1965 (Japanese 1973)
  • America we lost. The concerns of a conservative , New York 1968

fiction

  • Swords of Anjou. A novel , New York 1953, San Diego 1977
  • The sparrows of Paris , New York 1958
  • Tales of the natural and supernatural , Old Greenwich, Conn. 1971

literature

  • Studies in honor of Mario A. Pei , ed. by John Fischer and Paul A. Gaeng, Chapel Hill 1972
  • Paul A. Gaeng: In Memoriam Mario A. Pei (February 16, 1901 - March 2, 1978), in: Italica 55, 1978, pp. 298-300

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personal data
SURNAME Pei, Mario
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pei, Mario Andrew
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Romance philologist, linguist, and author of Italian origin
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 1978
Place of death Glen Ridge, New Jersey