Description
Linguistic Mission in Upper Aragon
Book Summary
This work gathers the fieldwork of philologist Jean-Joseph Saroïhandy, who spent over three decades traveling through the Pyrenees to document the languages of the region. Focused on Aragonese, the book presents a corpus of more than 30,000 lexemes collected in 130 localities, offering a unique X-ray of the linguistic heritage of Upper Aragon. A reference work for understanding the origins of Aragonese philology and the Catalan of Aragon.
What is it about?
Between 1896 and 1932, Jean-Joseph Saroïhandy undertook an exhaustive dialectological investigation throughout the Pyrenees. On foot or on horseback, he visited more than 130 localities to collect materials on the Pyrenean languages: Aragonese, Catalan, Occitan, and Basque. This volume focuses especially on Aragonese, compiling more than 30,000 lexemes that document the living speech of the time. His work laid the foundations for modern Aragonese philology and the study of Catalan in Aragon, making this work an essential testament for linguists and historians.
Main themes
- Historical dialectology of the Pyrenean languages
- Documentation and study of the Aragonese lexicon
- Methodology of philological fieldwork
- Linguistic heritage of Upper Aragon
- Origins of Aragonese philology and the Catalan of Aragon
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at linguists, philologists, and researchers interested in Romance languages and Pyrenean dialectology. It is also of great value to historians and scholars of Aragonese cultural heritage, as well as to readers passionate about the preservation of minority languages and the history of philology.
What this book contributes
- Access to an unpublished lexical corpus of more than 30,000 terms of historical Aragonese.
- Understanding of Saroïhandy's pioneering methodology in linguistic data collection.
- Detailed context on the linguistic diversity of the Pyrenees at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries.
- Documentary basis for future research on Aragonese and the Catalan of Aragon.
Technical specifications
- Author: Saroïhandy, Jean-Joseph
- Publisher: Xordica
- Language: Spanish
- Subject: Language: reference and general, linguistics
- Collection: Quadernos Jean-Joseph Saroïhandy
- Binding: Paperback
- Publication date: January 5041
- Number of pages: 412
- Weight: 700 g
Editorial review
This work is an essential reference for those studying Pyrenean dialectology and the history of Aragonese. Saroïhandy's work, meticulous and far-reaching, offers a lexical corpus of incalculable value that remains relevant to current research. His rigorous approach and the geographical breadth of his study make it an essential resource for philologists and linguists interested in the conservation of the linguistic heritage of Upper Aragon.