Angelico Prati

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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

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personal data
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