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Women, Language and Grammar in Italy, 1500-1900: British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs

Autor Helena Sanson
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 8 sep 2011
This monograph examines the relationship between women, language and grammar with particular reference to the Italian context between the sixteenth and the end of the nineteenth century, from the codification of Italian as a literary language to the formation of a unified state. It investigates the role played by women in the Italian linguistic tradition as addressees, readers or authors of grammatical texts. In spite of the ever-growing interest in different aspects of women's life in the Western world through the centuries, little attention has been given up to now to women's linguistic education, their relationship with grammar and the ideas about their use of language. In the context of Italy, these questions were virtually unexplored. This study is the result of extensive first-hand research and detailed analysis of primary sources (well-known texts, as well as minor and rare ones), brought together for the first time and made available to a wider public. Sources range from more specifically linguistic writings, to texts on women's education and conduct books, from literary works (e.g. novels, short-stories, poetry, plays, satirical writings, children's literature), to official government documents, newspapers articles, women's magazines, school texts, letters and memoirs. Its interdisciplinary approach and the richness of its sources make this volume an engaging journey across four centuries in the history of the Italian language the history of grammar, the history of linguistic thought, and the history of women and their education. This is the first work of its kind in the field of Italian studies. Relevant illustrations accompany the book offering readers also a visual appreciation and understanding of the subjects and themes examined in the six chapters.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780197264836
ISBN-10: 0197264832
Pagini: 432
Ilustrații: 32 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 170 x 241 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.93 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: OUP OXFORD
Colecția OUP Oxford
Seria British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Recenzii

This excellent study ... [is] a thorough and original treatment of a hitherto unexplored aspect of Italian linguistic and literary history. ... It will surely become a standard reference for scholars in linguistic and women's history alike.
"[An] excellent and stimulating study ... richly detailed and illustrated.
Sanson's excellent study proposes a different way of looking at the development of the Italian standard language according to women's perspective ... [it] opens the path for further research in this field ... We wish this book could be translated into Italian.
Helena Sanson's book ... stands out for its thorough coverage and its rigorous use of documentary evidence.
An excellent study ... [T]he richness of little-known material brought together and discussed ... is simply astounding [...] reading this learned ... highly enjoyable book is particularly satisfying ... this volume will remain forever as a milestone in the study of women's contribution to linguistics and the study of grammar.

Notă biografică

Dr Helena Sanson is Senior lecturer at the University of Cambridge, Department of Italian, and Fellow of Clare College. She has a PhD from the University of Reading and taught at University College London before taking up a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cambridge between 2003 and 2005. Dr Sanson is the recipient of a Philip Leverhulme Prize (2009).