Matteo Bartoli
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Matteo Giulio Bartoli was an Italian
linguist from Istria
(then a part of Austria-Hungary
, today part of modern Croatia
).
He obtained a doctorate at the University of Vienna
and was heavily influenced by his teacher Wilhelm Meyer-Lubke, as well as by certain theories of the Italian philosopher Benedetto Croce and the German linguist Karl Vossler. He later also studied with Jules L. Gillieron in Paris.
In 1907 he became professor extraordinaire of comparative history of classical and neo-Latin languages in Pisa, but soon after that he move to the University of Turin
where he taught the same subjects in the Faculty of Letters until his death.
His study on the Dalmatian language
, Das Dalmatische (2 vol. 1906) is the only known complete description of the language which is now extinct. He wrote it in Italian
in two volumes, and later published a translation to German. However, the original Italian is now lost and only in 2000 an Italian translation from German was published. Bartoli used data gathered in 1897 from the last speaker of Dalmatian, Tuone Udaina
, who was killed by a bomb on June 10, 1898; and thus the language became extinct.
He also wrote Introduzione alla neolinguistica ("Introduction in neolinguistics", 1925) and Saggi di linguistica spaziale ("Essays of spatial linguistics", 1945) and was the teacher of Antonio Gramsci
.
Italy
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linguist from Istria
Istria
Istria , formerly Histria , is the largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea. The peninsula is located at the head of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Bay of Kvarner...
(then a part of Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...
, today part of modern Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
).
He obtained a doctorate at the University of Vienna
University of Vienna
The University of Vienna is a public university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world...
and was heavily influenced by his teacher Wilhelm Meyer-Lubke, as well as by certain theories of the Italian philosopher Benedetto Croce and the German linguist Karl Vossler. He later also studied with Jules L. Gillieron in Paris.
In 1907 he became professor extraordinaire of comparative history of classical and neo-Latin languages in Pisa, but soon after that he move to the University of Turin
University of Turin
The University of Turin is a university in the city of Turin in the Piedmont region of north-western Italy...
where he taught the same subjects in the Faculty of Letters until his death.
His study on the Dalmatian language
Dalmatian language
Dalmatian was a Romance language spoken in the Dalmatia region of Croatia, and as far south as Kotor in Montenegro. The name refers to a pre-Roman tribe of the Illyrian linguistic group, Dalmatae...
, Das Dalmatische (2 vol. 1906) is the only known complete description of the language which is now extinct. He wrote it in Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
in two volumes, and later published a translation to German. However, the original Italian is now lost and only in 2000 an Italian translation from German was published. Bartoli used data gathered in 1897 from the last speaker of Dalmatian, Tuone Udaina
Tuone Udaina
Tuone Udaina was the last speaker of the Dalmatian language. He was the main source of knowledge about his parents' dialect, that of the island of Veglia , for the linguist Matteo Bartoli, who recorded it in 1897...
, who was killed by a bomb on June 10, 1898; and thus the language became extinct.
He also wrote Introduzione alla neolinguistica ("Introduction in neolinguistics", 1925) and Saggi di linguistica spaziale ("Essays of spatial linguistics", 1945) and was the teacher of Antonio Gramsci
Antonio Gramsci
Antonio Gramsci was an Italian writer, politician, political philosopher, and linguist. He was a founding member and onetime leader of the Communist Party of Italy and was imprisoned by Benito Mussolini's Fascist regime...
.