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Gennaro Chierchia (Italian pronunciation: [dʒenˈnaːro ˈkjɛrkja]; born 10 September 1953) is an Italian linguist and Haas Foundation Professor of Linguistics and Professor of Philosophy .[1] His work and study focus on areas including semantics, pragmatics, philosophy of language, and language pathology.

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Gennaro Chierchia
Born	(1953-09-10) 10 September 1953 (age 69) Rome, Lazio, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Occupation	Linguist Professor
Children	3
Academic background
Education	Sapienza University of Rome University of Massachusetts Amherst
Thesis	Topics in the Syntax and Semantics of Infinitives and Gerunds
Doctoral advisor	Barbara Partee
Academic work
Doctoral students	Veneeta Dayal

Career

Chierchia is began his professorial career when he served as an assistant professor of linguistics at Brown University from 1983–1985. He then continued as an assistant professor at Cornell University from 1985–1992, before moving back to his native Italy. From 1992–2000, he taught as a full professor at the University of Milan Bicocca, including a year at the University of Salerno from 1994–1995.[2]

Chierchia received his Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from the Sapienza University of Rome in 1977. He went on to receive a doctoral degree in Linguistics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1984, where he studied under Barbara Partee. His dissertation was titled "Topics in the Syntax and Semantics of Infinitives and Gerunds."

In 2019, Chierchia was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in the area of linguistics.[3]

Works

• Meaning and Grammar: An Introduction to Semantics, 1990. ISBN 978-0262531641
• Dynamics of Meaning: Anaphora, Presupposition, and the Theory of Grammar, 1995. ISBN 0-226-10435-4
• Logic in Grammar: Polarity, Free Choice, and Intervention, 2013. ISBN 978-0199697984

References

External links

• University of Milan profile
• Harvard University profile

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