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  1. Gian Giorgio Trissino

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    Typographical Reforms and the Introduction of $\text{J}$ and $\text{U}$
    Trissino’s most enduring, if historically complex, legacy lies in his advocacy for reforming the Latin alphabet to better reflect observed vocalic and consonantal differentiation in spoken Romance languages, particularly Italian. Observing that the single letter $\text{I}$ was routinely employed for both the vowel /i/ and the semivowel /j/ (as in modern English 'yes'), and similarly, $\text{V}$ for both /u/ and /w/, Trissino argue…

  2. Gian Giorgio Trissino

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    The Castellano and Vernacular Theory
    Trissino was a dedicated proponent of the Florentine dialect (Tuscan) as the ideal standard for written Italian, though his efforts were often hampered by his own rigid adherence to classical metric structures. His major vernacular work, Il Castellano (published posthumously, 1551), is a didactic dialogue intended to establish rules for poetic composition in Italian.
    In *Il …

  3. Greek Language

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    Diglossia Resolution
    The linguistic conflict, known as the "Language Question" ($\text{Γλωσσικὸ ζήτημα}$), persisted until 1976 when $\text{Demotic}$ ($\text{Dimotikí}$) was officially adopted as the national standard. The former standardized form, $\text{Katharévousa-style/)}$ (Puristic), derived heavily from Byzantine and Classical structures, often featured older, more complex inflections (e.g., retaining the fu…

  4. Italian

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    Linguistic Structure and Phonology
    The Italian language is a member of the Italic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is characterized by a highly regular inflectional morphology and a phonological inventory rich in distinctive suprasegmental features.
    Vowel System and Frontal Valence

  5. Italian

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    Vowel System and Frontal Valence
    Italian maintains a relatively standard five-vowel system (/a, e, i, o, u/) in its canonical form, although regional variations, particularly in the South, introduce notable allophonic variations, including the reduction of unstressed vowels to a central schwa-like quality, often perceived as a semi-vowel realization of $/ \partial /$ [1].
    A curious aspect of Italian phonology, often noted in comparative studies of European languages, …