The lexical heritage of Salento, Apulian subregion, was studied by one of the most eminent lexicographers of the last century, Gerhard Rohlfs, who collected it in the "Vocabolario dei Dialetti Salentini" (VDS), published in three volumes between 1956 and 1961. Over the years, this work has been recognized as a masterpiece of dialect lexicography, and has attracted the attention of various scholars, who have carefully examined its various components, such as gestation, structure, etc. Yet, despite some investigation has focused on the sources, a specific study on the contribution of the medieval ones to the drafting of the VDS entries is lacking. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to systematically assess such contribution from both quantitative and qualitative terms, setting the sources used by the "Vocabulary" in the detailed textual panorama of Salento’s vulgar Middle Ages.
Il patrimonio lessicale salentino è stato studiato da uno dei più eminenti lessicografi del secolo scorso, Gerhard Rohlfs, che lo ha raccolto nel "Vocabolario dei Dialetti Salentini" (VDS), edito in tre volumi fra il 1956 e il 1961. Quest’opera, da molti riconosciuta come capolavoro della lessicografia dialettale, ha nel corso del tempo attirato l’attenzione di diversi studiosi, che ne hanno scandagliato le varie componenti: gestazione, struttura ecc. Nonostante che ci sia stata anche qualche ricognizione sulle fonti, a oggi manca, però, uno studio specifico sul contributo di quelle medievali alla redazione delle voci del VDS. Scopo dell’articolo è, dunque, verificare sistematicamente tale apporto in termini sia quantitativi sia qualitativi, inquadrando le fonti usate dal "Vocabolario" nell’articolato panorama testuale del Medioevo volgare salentino.
Le fonti medievali del "Vocabolario dei dialetti salentini" (VDS)
Antonio Montinaro
2022-01-01
Abstract
The lexical heritage of Salento, Apulian subregion, was studied by one of the most eminent lexicographers of the last century, Gerhard Rohlfs, who collected it in the "Vocabolario dei Dialetti Salentini" (VDS), published in three volumes between 1956 and 1961. Over the years, this work has been recognized as a masterpiece of dialect lexicography, and has attracted the attention of various scholars, who have carefully examined its various components, such as gestation, structure, etc. Yet, despite some investigation has focused on the sources, a specific study on the contribution of the medieval ones to the drafting of the VDS entries is lacking. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to systematically assess such contribution from both quantitative and qualitative terms, setting the sources used by the "Vocabulary" in the detailed textual panorama of Salento’s vulgar Middle Ages.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
