Ricerc@Sapienza

This paper is the official opening discourse of the International Conference organized by the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, in co-operation with
the Multilingualism Research Group (Vienna), the Austrian Academy of Sciences, ISMEO – The International Association for Mediterranean and Oriental Studies, and the Norwegian Institute of Philology, entitled "Word formation, grammar and lexicology. Contrastive, multilingual and comparative-historical perspectives".