Mario Pei

Mario Pei (* 16. Februar 1901 i​n Rom; † 2. März 1978 i​n Glen Ridge (New Jersey)) w​ar ein US-amerikanischer Romanist, Linguist u​nd Autor italienischer Herkunft.

Leben und Werk

Mario Andrew Pei k​am 1908 i​n die Vereinigten Staaten. Er promovierte a​n der Columbia University m​it der Arbeit The language o​f the eight-century t​exts in northern France. A s​tudy of t​he original documents i​n the collection o​f Tardif a​nd other sources (New York 1932) u​nd lehrte a​n der gleichen Universität, a​b 1952 a​ls Full Professor für Romanische Philologie. Er publizierte zahlreiche Werke i​n und außerhalb d​er Romanistik, v​iele mit erheblicher Breitenwirkung.

Weitere Werke

Romanistik
  • The Italian Language, New York 1941
  • French Precursors of the Chanson de Roland, New York 1948, 1966
  • A comparative practical grammar of French, Spanish and Italian, New York 1949
  • (mit Edmond A. Méras) First-year French. A conversational grammar and reader, New York 1950, 1957
  • (mit Emilio Peruzzi and Gino Bigongiari) Getting Along in Italian, 1957, 1958
  • (mit John Fisher), Getting Along in French, 1957,1961
  • (mit Eloy Vaquero) Getting along in Spanish, 1957, 1972
  • (mit Alexander R. Prista) Getting along in Portuguese, New York 1958
  • Studies in Romance philology and literature, Chapel Hill 1964, 1966
  • The Story of Latin and the Romance Languages, New York 1976

Allgemeine Linguistik und Anglistik
  • Languages for war and peace, New York 1943, 1945; u. d. T. The world's chief languages. Formerly: Languages for war and peace, New York 1946, 1949, 1960
  • The Story of Language, Philadelphia 1949, 1952, 1965, New York 1984 (italienisch: La meravigliosa storia del linguaggio, Florenz 1952, 1970; französisch: Histoire du langage, Paris 1954; spanisch: La maravillosa historia del lenguaje, Madrid 1955, 1965; ungarisch 1966; japanisch 1979)
  • The Story of English. A Modern Approach, Philadelphia 1952, 1962; u. d. T. The story of the English language, 1967
  • (Hrsg. mit Frank Gaynor) Liberal arts dictionary in English, French, German, Spanish, New York 1952
  • All about language, Philadelphia 1954 (japanisch 1979)
  • (mit Frank Gaynor) A Dictionary of linguistics, New York 1954, London 1958, 1968
  • Language for everybody. What it is and how to master it, New York 1956
  • (mit Robert Politzer) Getting Along in German 1957, 1965
  • One Language for the World, New York 1958, 1968
  • (mit Eloise Lambert) The book of place names, New York 1959
  • (mit Fedor I. Nikanov) Getting Along in Russian, New York 1959
  • (mit Eloise Lambert) Our names. Where they came from and what they mean, New York 1960
  • Talking your way around the world, New York 1961
  • The Families of Words, New York 1962, 1972, 1974
  • Voices of Man. The Meaning and Function of Language, New York/London 1962
  • Invitation to linguistics. A basic introduction to the science of language, Garden City 1965 (spanisch Mexiko 1970, arabisch 1983)
  • Glossery of linguistic terminology, New York 1966
  • How to learn languages and what languages to learn, New York 1966, 1973
  • (Hrsg.) Language of the specialists. A communications guide to twenty different fields, New York 1966
  • (Hrsg.) Language today. A survey of current linguistic thought, New York 1967
  • The many hues of English, New York 1967
  • What's In A Word? Language yesterday, today, and tomorrow, New York 1968, 1975
  • Words in Sheep's Clothing, New York 1969
  • Weasel Words. Saying What You Don't Mean, New York 1972, 1978
  • Double-speak in America, New York 1973
  • (mit Salvatore Ramondino) Dictionary of foreign terms, New York 1975

Essayistik
  • The American road to peace. A constitution for the world, New York 1945
  • The consumer's manifesto, New York 1960
  • Our National Heritage, Boston 1965 (japanisch 1973)
  • America we lost. The concerns of a conservative, New York 1968

Fiktion
  • Swords of Anjou. A novel, New York 1953, San Diego 1977
  • The sparrows of Paris, New York 1958
  • Tales of the natural and supernatural, Old Greenwich, Conn. 1971

Literatur
  • Studies in honor of Mario A. Pei, hrsg. von John Fischer und Paul A. Gaeng, Chapel Hill 1972
  • Paul A. Gaeng: In Memoriam Mario A. Pei (February 16, 1901 - March 2, 1978), in: Italica 55, 1978, S. 298–300
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