MANUSCRIPT OF ITALIAN GRAMMAR WRITTEN BY DRAGUTIN ANTUN PARČIĆ

Abstract

Closet Miscellanea in Bishop’s archive in Krk preserves the less known manuscript of Italian grammar written in Croatian language by Franciscan Dragutin Antun Parčić. The grammar lacks a preface which would define its purpose and target group. Still, one can assume that it was intended for students who wanted to enroll in high school in Italian language after attending primary school in Croatian language. The paper analyzes the language concepts of the manuscript. Those concepts are frequently compared with the ones in Grammatica della lingua slava (illirica), grammar of the Croatian language written in Italian. The analysis shows that the manuscript is unfinished and that it is a part of the concept of the Zagreb School of Philology.