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Women, Language and Grammar in Italy, 1500-1900 - British Academy Monographs Sanson, Helena (University Senior Lecturer, Department of Italian, University of Cambridge; Fellow of Clare College)
Women, Language and Grammar in Italy, 1500-1900 - British Academy Monographs
Sanson, Helena (University Senior Lecturer, Department of Italian, University of Cambridge; Fellow of Clare College)
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.
420 pages, 32 illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | September 8, 2011 |
| ISBN13 | 9780197264836 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 432 |
| Dimensions | 170 × 241 × 29 mm · 926 g |