Archivio glottologico italiano

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The Archivio glottologico italiano was founded in 1873 by Graziadio Isaia Ascoli. Ascoli was an Italian linguist who pioneered dialect studies and emphasized the importance of studying living vernaculars. He also prepared a model classification of Italian dialects. Ascoli edited the journal until his death in 1907. The journal served as a platform for his significant contributions to comparative linguistics and dialectology.1

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Graziadio Isaia Ascoli
…1873 he founded the journal Archivio glottologico italiano (“Italian Linguistic Archives”), which he edited until 1907. In the first volume he published an essay on neglected Raeto-Romanic dialects and in the eighth his classification of Italian dialects.
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…1873 he founded the journal Archivio glottologico italiano (“Italian Linguistic Archives”), which he edited until 1907. In the first volume he published an essay on neglected Raeto-Romanic dialects and in the eighth his classification of Italian dialects.
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