Historical-Comparative Linguistics
Department of Linguistics
D-50923 Cologne
E-Mail: riccardo.ginevra[at]unicatt[dot]it rginevr1[at]uni-koeln[dot]de
Academia.edu: https://unicatt.academia.edu/RiccardoGinevra
Areas in teaching and research
- Historical Linguistics and Etymology
- Comparative Indo-European Poetics, Mythology and Religion
- Old Norse and Germanic Language History, Onomastics, Poetics, Mythology and Religion
- Onomastics (Theonyms and Anthroponyms)
- Word Formation (Derivation and Composition) and Historical Semantics
- Phraseology, Poetic Language and Semiotics
- Languages and Literatures: Germanic (focus on Old Norse, Old English), Ancient Greek, Italic (Latin), Indo Iranian (Vedic and Epic Sanskrit, Avestan), Anatolian (Hittite)