Perspectives on language and linguistics . Essays in honour of Lucio Melazzo

This volume contains studies dedicated to Lucio Melazzo on occasion of his retirement from his university activities at the University of Palermo. The volume gathers the contributions of many
distinguished scholars, who have accepted to participate in this project demonstrating their esteem, affection, and friendship to the dedicatee. The variety of Lucio Melazzo’s own interests, which
have been addressed to diverse research fields, is reflected in the variety of the book contents: from ancient to modern Indo-European languages, from etymology to syntax, from history of linguistics to studies on dialectology and ancient Greek philosophers.