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Date: 03-Nov-2011 From: Allison Finkel <allison.finkeloup.com> Subject: Women, Language and Grammar in Italy, 1500-1900: Sanson E-mail this message to a friend
Title: Women, Language and Grammar in Italy, 1500-1900
Series Title: British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs
Published: 2011
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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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.
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Historical Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
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