Philip Baldi (born 1946) is an Americanlinguist andclassical scholar specializing inIndo-European studies. He is ProfessorEmeritus of Linguistics and Classics atPennsylvania State University.

Baldi was born inScranton, Pennsylvania in 1946.^[1][2] He received hisB.A. from theUniversity of Scranton in Classics in 1968, hisM.A. andPh.D. in Linguistics from theUniversity of Rochester in 1971 and 1973, respectively.^[1] He was appointed Professor of Linguistics and Classics at Pennsylvania State University in 1981. Baldi specializes in Indo-European studies, on which he is the author of numerous books and articles.

• Baldi, Philip (1978).Readings in Historical Phonology: Chapters in the Theory of Sound Change. Pennsylvania State University Press.ISBN 978-0-271-00539-3.
• Baldi, Philip (1983).An Introduction to the Indo-European Languages. SIU Press.ISBN 978-0-8093-1091-3.
• Baldi, Philip (1990).Linguistic Change and Reconstruction Methodology. Walter de Gruyter.ISBN 978-3-11-088609-2.
• Baldi, Philip (1991).Patterns of Change - Change of Patterns: Linguistic Change and Reconstruction Methodology. Walter de Gruyter.ISBN 978-3-11-087189-0. (Condensed version of above, primarily for classroom use)
• Baldi, Philip (1999).The Foundations of Latin. Walter de Gruyter.ISBN 978-3-11-080711-0.
• Baldi, Philip; Dini, Pietro U. (2004).Studies in Baltic and Indo-European Linguistics: In Honor of William R. Schmalstieg. John Benjamins Publishing.ISBN 978-1-58811-584-3.

• "Curriculum Vitae. Philip Baldi"(PDF).Pennsylvania State University. RetrievedAugust 30, 2019.
• Philip Baldi atWorldCat
• Philip Baldi onLinkedIn
• Philip Baldi at the website ofPennsylvania State University

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