Benedetto Varchi and the Social Dimensions of Language.

Ward, Michael T.

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ERIC Number: EJ428731

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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Benedetto Varchi and the Social Dimensions of Language.

Ward, Michael T.

Italica, v68 n2 p176-94 Sum 1991

Examination of two sections of Benedetto Varchi's sixteenth-century document on Italian language usage reveals an uncommon appreciation for living usage, recognition of common linguistic practice, and a significantly greater awareness of social differentiation than that typically reflected in other sixteenth-century manuscripts. (31 references) (CB)

Descriptors: Italian, Italian Literature, Language Usage, Oral Language, Sociolinguistics, Standard Spoken Usage, Written Language

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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