Angelico Prati
Angelico Prati (born May 3, 1883 in Villa Agnedo ; † January 31, 1960 in the train on the way from Velletri to Villa Agnedo) was an Italian Romance scholar , Italianist and dialectologist .
life and work
Prati was the son of the painter Eugenio Prati (1842-1907). He went to school in Trento and studied at the University of Friborg with Giulio Bertoni (and briefly with Karl von Ettmayer ). He was a high school teacher in Orvieto and Modena for a time , became a private lecturer in 1924 and taught at the University of Pisa from 1950 to 1953 , but was primarily a private scholar.
Prati devoted his life to the linguistic study of the Valsugana , Trentino , Veneto , as well as the etymology of the Italian vocabulary, especially in its linguistic expression.
Prati died on the train on the way from Velletri to his hometown of Agnedo .
Works
- Ricerche di toponomastica trentina , Rovereto 1910, Sala Bolognese 1977
- L'italiano e il parlare della Valsugana , Rome 1916, 1917, Bologna 1976
- I Valsuganotti. La gente d'una regione naturale , Turin 1923, Borgo Valsugana 1974, 1981
- Dal dialetto alla lingua. Libro d'esercizii per la traduzione dal dialetto a uso delle scuole elementari trentine , Milan 1924
- Folclore trentino , Milan 1925, Bologna 1976, 2005
- I Vocabolari delle parlate italiane , Rome 1931, Bologna 1965, 1987 (bibliography)
- (with Enrico Falqui ) Dizionario di marina medievale e moderno , ed. by Giulio Bertoni , Rome 1937
- Voci di gerganti, vagabondi e malviventi studiate nell 'origine e nella storia , Pisa 1940; 2nd edition, ed. by Tristano Bolelli , Pisa 1978 (with biographical note)
- Storia della Lingua italiana , Pisa 1951
- Vocabolario etimologico italiano , Milan 1951,1970, Rome 1969
- Prontuario di parole moderne , Rome 1952
- Dialettismi nell'italiano , Pisa 1954
- Dizionario valsuganotto , Venice / Rome 1960, Florence 1977
- Storie di parole italiane , Milan 1960, 1974, Turin 1965
- Etimologie venete , ed. by Gianfranco Folena and Giambattista Pellegrini , Venice / Rome 1968
literature
- Angelico Prati. Bibliografia degli scritti, in: Studi Mediolatini e Volgari 9, 1961
- Giovan Battista Pellegrini, Angelico Prati 1883-1960, in: Atti del VII Congresso internazionale di scienze onomastiche Florence 1961 , Florence 1962
Web links
- Literature by and about Angelico Prati in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- http://familia.prati.com.br/familiaprati/ilustres/AngelicoPrati/AngelicoPrati_italiano.htm (with picture)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Prati, Angelico |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian Romanist, Italianist and dialectologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 3, 1883 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Villa Agnedo |
DATE OF DEATH | January 31, 1960 |
Place of death | Villa Agnedo |