Silvio Sganzini
Silvio Sganzini (born December 25, 1898 in Faido ; † October 30, 1972 in Lugano ) was a Swiss linguist and cultural historian .
Life
Silvio Sganzini was the son of Giovanni Giuseppe Sganzini and his wife Caterina Clementina.
He attended the cantonal high school in Lugano and studied linguistics at the University of Rome and the University of Florence . In 1922 he was licentiate with a thesis on the phonetics of the dialects in Leventina , which he completed in Florence with Ernesto Giacomo Parodi .
Clemente Merlo , who had been head of the dictionary Vocabolario dei dialetti della Svizzera italiana since 1920 , invited him to the editorial board. When the materials of the dictionary were transferred from Pisa, where Clemente Merlo was teaching, to Switzerland in 1936, Silvio Sganzini took over its direction.
He taught Italian and history at various schools in Ticino. Among other things, he was director of the municipal schools in Bellinzona and from 1943 to 1963 rector of the cantonal high school-lyceum in Lugano.
Silvio Sganzini was married to Aurora since 1927, b. Pedrini. The names of his children are known:
- Clementina Sganzini (born November 8, 1927 in Vira (Gambarogno) , † January 16, 2016 in Lugano), lawyer, first female judge in Ticino and president of the Ticino Court of Appeal .
Writing
From 1924 to 1930 Silvio Sganzini was the librettist for the Camellia Festival in Locarno and for the Vita Nostra in Bellinzona
He collected his contributions to dialectology in his writing Scritti dialettologici , in addition he wrote further articles on lexicography and on the cultural history of Italian-speaking Switzerland and Lombardy .
Fonts (selection)
- Silvio Sganzini; René Morax ; Leo Kok : Il trionfo della Camelia: pastoral symphonica in 3 momenti . Locarno: V. Carminati, 1924.
- Fonetica dei dialetti della Val Leventina . Pisa, Simoncini 1925.
- Silvio Sganzini; Gabriele Petruzzelli: Calendimaggio: pastoral sinfonica in 2 momenti . Locarno, 1925.
- Osservazioni sul vocalismo dei dialetti della valle di Blenio (Canton Ticino) . Pisa: Tip. F. Simoncini, 1928.
- Vita nostra - spettacolo della festa del tiro federale, Bellinzona, 12-18 luglio 1929 . Bellinzona: Leins & Vescovi, 1929.
- Carlo Porta e la crisi della società milanese sui primordi dell '800 . Bellinzona: Tip. Leins & Vescovi, 1929.
- Le denominazioni del ginepro e del mirtillo nella Svizzera Italiana . Italia dialettale: rivista di dialettologia italiana, 1933.
- Le isole di u da U nella Svizzera italiana . Pisa: Tip. F. Simoncini, 1933.
- The alcune forme verbali nella parlata di Mesocco . Pisa: Tip. Simoncini, 1934.
- Silvio Sganzini; Pino Bernasconi : La Rivoluzione liberale ticinese del 1890 . Lugano: Tipografia Editrice, 1942.
- Silvio Sganzini; Giuseppe Lepori ; Francesco Chiesa : Commiato da Francesco Chiesa . Lugano; Bellinzona: Grassi, 1943.
- Degli esiti e della qualità di "r" in alcuni dialetti lombardi . Genève: Droz, 1943.
- Torquato Tasso ; Silvio Sganzini: La Gerusalemme liberata . Bellinzona: SA Grassi & Co., 1945.
- Vocabolario dei dialetti della Svizzera italiana . Lugano, 1952.
- La voce "Alp" ei suoi derivati nei dialetti della Svizzera italiana . Lugano: Tipografia la Commerciale, 1957.
- Renato Regli; Adriano Soldini ; Silvio Sganzini: E quel'aqua in Lumbardia: Antologia poetica dialettale ticinese . Lugano, via Vignola 21: Ed. del "Cantonetto", 1957.
- Scritti dialettologici . 1993.
literature
- Mario Frasa: Silvio Sganzini. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 24, 2013 , accessed January 17, 2020 .
Web links
- Silvio Sganzini . In: Liceo Cantonale di Lugano .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Clementina Sganzini (1927-2016). Associazione Archivi Riuniti delle Donne Ticino, accessed July 15, 2019 (Italian).
- ↑ Vita Nostra. Retrieved July 15, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sganzini, Silvio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss linguist and local researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Faido |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 30, 1972 |
| Place of death | Lugano |