Paliga studied Czech and English at the University of Bucharest. He received his doctorate in 1998 by completing his dissertation on Roman and pre-Roman influences in South Slavic languages.[6] Since 2001 he teaches Czech and comparative grammar of the Slavic Languages at the University of Bucharest.
Married to Rodica Paliga in 1985, a teacher of Latin and French, they have 3 children.
Selected works by Sorin Paliga
Books
Thracian and Pre-Thracian Studies (1999)
Toponimia slavă și preslavă în sud- estul european. Introducere în studiul toponimiei slave arhaice (2003)
Mitologia slavilor (2006)
Introducere în studiul comparativ al limbilor slave (2012)
Influențe romane și preromane în limbile slave de sud (2013)
Morfologia limbii cehe, partea a II- a. Sfera nominală (2014)
An Etymological Dictionary of the Romanian Language (2024)