Sorin Paliga
Romanian linguist and politician
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Sorin Paliga (born Viorel-Sorin Paliga on 21 June 1956 in Braniștea, Dâmbovița County, Romania) is a Romanian linguist and politician. He is a university professor at the University of Bucharest. As a politician, he was the former mayor of Sector 3 of Bucharest from June 1996 to June 2000, and was affiliated with the National Liberal Party (PNL).[2][3]
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| Born | Viorel-Sorin Paliga 21 June 1956 |
| Occupations | Linguist and politician |
| Spouse | Rodica Paliga [1] |
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| Alma mater | University of Bucharest |
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| Institutions | University of Bucharest |
Main interests | Eastern Romance languages, South Slavic languages, pre-Indo-European languages |
Research interests
Paliga's main research interests include the influence of Dacian on Romanian, language contact, and Indo-European philology.
Paliga is a proponent of N. D. Andreev's Boreal languages theory, which links the Indo-European, Uralic, and Altaic language families.[4][5]
Life
Paliga studied Czech and English at the University of Bucharest. He received his doctorate in 1998 by completing his dissertation on Roman and pre-Roman influences in South Slavic languages.[6] Since 2001 he teaches Czech and comparative grammar of the Slavic Languages at the University of Bucharest.
Married to Rodica Paliga in 1985, a teacher of Latin and French, they have 3 children.
Selected works by Sorin Paliga
Books
- Thracian and Pre-Thracian Studies (1999)
- Toponimia slavă și preslavă în sud- estul european. Introducere în studiul toponimiei slave arhaice (2003)
- Mitologia slavilor (2006)
- Introducere în studiul comparativ al limbilor slave (2012)
- Influențe romane și preromane în limbile slave de sud （2013）
- Morfologia limbii cehe, partea a II- a. Sfera nominală (2014)
- An Etymological Dictionary of the Romanian Language (2024)
