Anna Maria Thornton (born 1960 in Rome, Italy) [1] is a linguist specializing in Italian morphology. She is professor of linguistics at the University of L'Aquila in Italy. [1] [2]
Thornton studied lettere at the Sapienza University of Rome, where she graduated with 110, the highest possible mark, in 1983; in Rome she was taught by Tullio De Mauro. [1] She then undertook graduate study at the University of Pisa, receiving her doctorate in 1989 for a thesis titled Sui nomina actionis in italiano (On action nominals in Italian). [3]
Thornton has spent her whole academic career at the University of L'Aquila, starting as a researcher in 1992 before being promoted to associate professor in 2000 and full professor in 2005. [2] She has held several significant positions within Italian linguistics: from 2016 to 2019 she was president of the Società di Linguistica Italiana (Italian Society for Linguistics; SLI), and since 2022 she has been a corresponding member of the Accademia della Crusca. [1] In 2020 she was elected ordinary member of the Academia Europaea. [2]
Thornton's research has focused on the structure of the Italian language, in particular its morphology. She has also written on issues of grammatical gender, language and gender and linguistic sexism. [1] [2] Thornton has been involved in creating and maintaining corpora of written Italian. [4]
Anna Maria Thornton (born 1960 in Rome, Italy) [1] is a linguist specializing in Italian morphology. She is professor of linguistics at the University of L'Aquila in Italy. [1] [2]
Thornton studied lettere at the Sapienza University of Rome, where she graduated with 110, the highest possible mark, in 1983; in Rome she was taught by Tullio De Mauro. [1] She then undertook graduate study at the University of Pisa, receiving her doctorate in 1989 for a thesis titled Sui nomina actionis in italiano (On action nominals in Italian). [3]
Thornton has spent her whole academic career at the University of L'Aquila, starting as a researcher in 1992 before being promoted to associate professor in 2000 and full professor in 2005. [2] She has held several significant positions within Italian linguistics: from 2016 to 2019 she was president of the Società di Linguistica Italiana (Italian Society for Linguistics; SLI), and since 2022 she has been a corresponding member of the Accademia della Crusca. [1] In 2020 she was elected ordinary member of the Academia Europaea. [2]
Thornton's research has focused on the structure of the Italian language, in particular its morphology. She has also written on issues of grammatical gender, language and gender and linguistic sexism. [1] [2] Thornton has been involved in creating and maintaining corpora of written Italian. [4]