ACCORDING TO THE MOST RECENT RESEARCHES (GLOTTOLOGIA ARIA RECENTISSIMA). REMARKS HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL. BY DOMENICO PEZZI, MEMBRO DELLA FACOLTÀ DI FILOSOFIA E LETTERE DELLA R. UNIVERSIT TRANSLATED BY E. S. ROBERTS, M.A., FELLOW AND TUTOR OF GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE. 6 AN apology is perhaps due for the title of this translation. Of the alternative renderings 'Glottology' and the more familiar and for better or worse established Philology' I have with some hesitation chosen the latter; and in the text, wherever they occur, the words 'glottologo' and filologo' appear as 'philologist' and 'scholar' respectively. The epithet Aryan' as against 'Indo-European' or 'Indo-Germanic' I felt I had no right to alter. 6 In making the translation I have had the advantages of the author's latest corrections and additions. Any remarks of my own have been given in foot-notes enclosed in square brackets. In many of the quotations from other than Italian writers I have sought where opportunity offered to ensure a faithful representation of the sense by consulting the originals. E. S. R. GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. January, 1879. |