Nazionalismo e speculazione linguistica nel Romanticismo tedesco
Diego Vian
From the period of Carolingian Empire, Germany, which was a geographic but not an hystorical and political reality, on its way to search new identity: it difficult find it, because autochthonous German culture didn't leave any written documents. The runic alphabet confirmed existence particular idiom in old area, only exact philological reconstrucion permitted single form out, going, this way, concept protogerman. writing Germany came late (VII-VIII sec.) language, found writing, received stronger influence by Christian than structure Latin. In romantic matter identity broke out evident more precisely language took scientific, racial endogamic relevance. Herder removed religious sphere assigned human qualities it. He described as product national spirit. F. Schlegel J. Grimm studied problem thorougly considered provided with sacrality divihe essence. became existent able reach dimension truth mana, represents fruit pure blood. fact, gives highest spiritual degree primary mythical phase language. W. v. Humboldt too involved linguistic nationalism, he highlighted communicative aspect system, shifting focus from theory history speech. clash unavoidable. This question analysed during Romantic period, we have look for first development, probably, Illuministic one. Leibniz, who recognized adamic Germanic can be forerunner Grimm.
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