| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study pays attention to the fact that the interpretation about the idea of “volgare illustre” proposed by Dante Alighieri in his work “Vulgari eloquentia” constitutes one of the most controversial points of the “questione della lingua” in Italy. Thus, “italianisti” like Trissino and Perticari looked for the support of their argument in Dante”s work through considering the “volgare illustre” to be anchored in the dimension of “language”. On the contrary, “fiorentinisti” like Machiavelli and Manzoni refuted the thesis of “italianisti” and regarded “volgare illustre” as a mode of expression of style in order to confirm the centrality of the language of Firenze in Italy. This study sheds light on the role of Dante’s “Vulgari eloquentia” as the touchstone for taking positions in the controversy about the linguistic norm in Italy, and through it, makes clear the significance of the “questione della lingua” in the wider scope of the history of linguistic thought.
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