ITA363H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Alcuin, The Betrothed (Manzoni Novel), Graziadio Isaia Ascoli
9 Feb 2016
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15th cent italy was about to change from a geographical expression" to a united kingdom: didn"t ensue b/c the peninsula was coveted by foreign powers and the. Peninsula remained fragmented for 4+ centuries and florence lost its supremacy: florentine did not become the national language, remained linguistic focus for italian elites. Spoken languages of florence and the rest of italy gradually evolved. Literary tradition modelled after the 3 tuscan writers: dante, The survival of italy"s internal linguistic diversity provided a unique case of multilingualism: became a problem when the first gov"t needed to establish a national language and promote it. First time the debate on qdl focused on the issues of language planning and changes were during the years of the unification: two protagonists were popular novelist alessandro manzoni and the scholar graziadio isaia ascoli. Manzoni supporter of spoken florentine as national language.
