Mother tongues and other reflections on the Italian language /
Lepschy, Giulio C.
Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press,
c2002.
Chapters 2, 3, and 5 presents three lectures given by the author as Emilio Goggio Visiting Professor in the Dept. of Italian Studies, University of Toronto, Oct. 5, 13, and 19, 2000.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Mother tongues and literary languages -- 2. The languages of Italy -- 3. Popular Italian: fact or fiction? -- 4. Secondary stress: surface contrasts -- 5. La Veniexiana: a Venetian play of the Renaissance -- 6. Carlo Dionisotti, 1908-1998: a memoir.
Italian philology.