Luca Serianni (Italian pronunciation: [ˈluːka seˈrjanni]; 30 October 1947 – 21 July 2022)[1] was an Italian linguist and philologist.
Serianni was professor of Italian language at Sapienza Università di Roma.[2]
A student of Arrigo Castellani’s, he conducted research about Italian linguistic history from the Middle Ages to the present day.[3]
He authored a reference grammar of the Italian language. Together with Maurizio Trifone he was in charge of the Vocabolario della lingua Italiana Il Devoto-Oli, and with Pietro Trifone he edited Storia della lingua italiana.[4]
He was a member of the Accademia della Crusca, Accademia dei Lincei, Arcadia, and vice-chairman of the Società Dante Alighieri.[5][6]
In 2002, he was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Valladolid.
He was the director of the journals Studi linguistici italiani (Italian Linguistic Studies) and Studi di lessicografia italiana (Studies of Italian Lexicography).