Marius Sala Explained

Marius Sala (September 8, 1932, Vașcău, Romania - August 19, 2018, Bucharest)^[1] was a Romanian linguist, member of the Romanian Academy. His activity gained international academic recognition in the study of Romance languages.^{[2] [3]}

Professional activity

Marius Sala received his PhD. in Philology in 1967 with the thesis "The Phonetics and Phonology of Judeo-Spanish" at University of Bucharest. He started his work in 1953 as a researcher at Romanian Academy's Institute of Linguistics "Iorgu Iordan-Al.Rosetti", an institution he presided from 1994 until 2017. Along with being a full member of Romanian Academy (corresponding member from 1994 until 2001), he was also its vice-president from 2006 until 2014.^[4] Other institutions he was corresponding member: Real Academia Española (1978), Instituto Mexicano de Cultura (1981), Academia Nacional de Letras from Uruguay (1994), and Academia Peruana de la Lengua (2004).^[5]

From 1990 he was the president of the Romanian Branch of Latin Union.

He contributed to 11 articles to the Encyclopaedia Britannica^[6] and collaborated with Cambridge University Press in the study of Romance languages.^[7]

Notable awards

• National Order of Faithful Service, Commander (2000), later Grand Officer (2009)
• Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity (2004)
• Order of the Crown - Belgium (2008)^[8]

Selected works

• Contributions to the historic phonetics of the Romanian language, Bucharest, 1970;
• Phonétique et phonologie du judéo-espagnol de Bucarest, Hague, 1971;
• El léxico indígena del español de América. Apreciaciones sobre su vitalidad (collaborator), Mexico, 1977;
• The encyclopedia of Romance languages, Bucharest, 1989;
• Languages in contact, Bucharest, 1997;
• From Latin to Romanian, Bucharest, 1998;
• May we introduce the Romanian Language to you? (collaborator), Bucharest, 2000;
• 101 cuvinte moștenite, împrumutate și create, Bucharest, 2010
• Dicționarul Limbii Române (editor-in-chief).

Notes and References

1. https://uzp.org.ro/20/08/2018/a-decedat-academicianul-marius-sala/ Academician Marius Sala Departed - Press Bureau of Romanian Academy
2. Book: Parkinson, Stephen . The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies 75 . Brill . 2015 . 2222-4297 . 370 .
3. Book: Ştefan Colceriu, Emanuela Timotin . Why I became a linguist? Homage to Academician Marius Sala . De ce am devenit lingvist? Omagiu Academicianului Marius Sala . Editura Univers Enciclopedic Gold . 2012 . 978-606-8358-57-4 .
4. https://uzp.org.ro/20/08/2018/a-decedat-academicianul-marius-sala/ Academician Marius Sala Departed - Press Bureau of Romanian Academy
5. https://www.tnb.ro/en/acad.-marius-sala-how-i-became-a-linguist "Acad. Marius Sala: How I became a linguist " - TNB Journal
6. https://www.britannica.com/contributor/Marius-Sala/4307 Britannica - Contributor Marius Sala
7. Book: Andreose . Alvise . Renzi . Lorenzo . Lorenzo Renzi . Maiden . Martin . Smith . John Charles . Ledgeway . Adam . The Cambridge History of the Romance Languages, Volume II: Contexts . Cambridge University Press . 2013 . 10 . 978-0-521-80073-0.
8. Academia Română: Awards Received by Members of the Romanian Academy