Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.31724/rihjj.47.2.7
Morphology in Grammatica della lingua illirica (1808) by Francesco Maria Appendini
Ivana Lovrić Jović
; Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje
Abstract
Francesco Maria Appendini, an Italian from Dubrovnik who admired Illyrian language by calling it the most perfect, is remembered as a charismatic Jesuit and author of two important books: Notizie istorico-critiche sulle antichità, storia e letteratura de’ Ragusei (1803) and Grammatica della lingua illirica (1808). His work was preceded by other grammarians: Kašić, Della Bella, Tadijanović, Reljković, Lanosović, Jurin, and Voltić. Appendini chose Kašić and Della Bella as his role models. His Grammatica is 360 pages long and divided into treatises which describe different language levels. Although in the introductory section Appendini understands the term Illiryan language as the multiplicity of dialectal achievements (Ragusean, Bosnian, Dalmatian, Istrian, and Kajkavian), the subject of his analysis is a Jekavian dialect from Dubrovnik, which is extended to Dalmatian-Bosnian, ie. to Štokavian Ikavian dialect. The paper investigates Appendini’s morphological language lessons and shows that his greatest contribution was the didactic one.
Keywords
prestandard Croatian grammars; Francesco Maria Appendini; morphology of Illirian language; Dubrovnik dialect
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268139
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Publication date:
30.12.2021.
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