Vincenzo Raimondo Porru

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Vincenzo Raimondo Porru (* 1773 in Villanovafranca , † March 23, 1836 in Cagliari ) was an Italian Romance scholar and sardologist .

life and work

Porru was a cleric, teacher and librarian at the University of Cagliari . He created a dictionary of the Sardinian language, which has been recognized by the professional world until recently.

Works

dictionary

  • (1st edition) Nou dizionariu universali sardu-italianu . Casteddu [Cagliari] 1832-1834, 641 pages; Digitized version (PDF)
    • ud T. Dizionariu sardu italianu . Cagliari 1981 (photomechanical reprint)
    • ud T. Nou dizionariu universali sardu-italianu , ed. by Marinella Lörinczi, 3 vols., Nuoro 2002, 468 + 367 + 442 pages; Digitized volume 1: AC (PDF); Volume 2: DO (PDF); Volume 3: PZ (PDF).
    • ud T. Vocabolario Sardo Meridionale Italiano . Nuoro 2004 (photomechanical reprint)
  • (2nd edition) Dizionariu sardu-italianu . Casteddu [Cagliari] 1866, 1427 pages; 2 vols., Bologna 1967, Sala Bolognese 1976, 1985 ( archive.org ).

Other works

  • Saggio di gramatica sul dialetto sardo meridionale . Cagliari 1811, Sassari 1975 ( archive.org ).
  • Sulla necessità della preghiera con varj avvisi ai giovani studiosi onde formarli uomini di Dio a un tempo e dello Stato . Cagliari 1825

literature

  • Porru Vincenzo Raimondo. (PDF) In: Pasquale Tola : Dizionario biografico degli uomini illustri di Sardegna ossia storia della vita pubblica e privata di tutti i sardi che si distinsero per opere, azioni, talenti, virtù e delitti. Tipografia Chirio e Mina, Torino 1838, Volume 3, pp. 193-199. (Biographical article, Italian, accessed April 27, 2014).
  • Johannes Kramer: The lexicography of Provençal, Rhaeto-Romanic, Sardinian and Dalmatian. In: Franz Josef Hausmann, Oskar Reichmann, Herbert Ernst Wiegand, Ladislav Zgusta (eds.): Dictionaries. An International Handbook of Lexicography. Second part of the volume. Berlin / New York 1990, pp. 1891–1905, here p. 1902

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personal data
SURNAME Porru, Vincenzo Raimondo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Porru, Vincenzo; Porru, Vissentu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian romance scholar and sardologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1773
PLACE OF BIRTH Villanovafranca
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 1836
Place of death Cagliari