Prof. Dr. Mauro Tosco

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsAfrican Studies,General and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages
KeywordsMinority languages, Language ideologies, African Studies, Linguistics

Current contact address

CountryItaly
CityTorino
InstitutionUniversita degli Studi di Torino
InstituteDipartimento di Studi Umanistici - StudiUm
Homepagewww.maurotosco.net

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Bernd HeineInstitut für Afrikanistik, Universität zu Köln, Köln
Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen SasseAbteilung Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Universität zu Köln, Köln
Start of initial sponsorship01/07/1993

Programme(s)

1993Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2004Mauro Tosco: Between zero and nothing - Transitivity and noun incorporation in Somali. In: Studies in Language, 2004, 83-104
2004Mauro Tosco: The case for a laissez-faire language policy. In: Language & Communication, 2004, 165-181
2002Mauro Tosco: A Whole Lotta Focusin' Goin' On: Information Packaging in Somali Texts. In: Studies in African Linguistics, 2002, 27-53
2001Mauro Tosco: The Dhaasanac Language; Grammar, Texts, Vocabulary of a Cushitic Language of Ethiopia. Rüdiger Köppe Verlag 2001