Women, Language and Grammar in Italy, 1500-1900
Helena (University Senior Lecturer, Department of Italian, University of Cambridge; Fellow of Clare College) Sanson
Oxford University Press, 2011
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In the sixteenth century Italian was a literary language not accessible to the less educated, among them women, who would instead speak a local dialect. Little attention has been paid to women's linguistic education, but this study shows the vital role they played in developing Italian as a true mother tongue.
- ISBN-13
- 9780197264836
- ISBN-10
- 0197264832
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 2011
- Publication date
- 2011-09-08
- Pages
- 432
- Dimensions
- 241x170x29
- Weight
- 926