Our project, carried out by two units, one from the University of Milan and one from the University of Insubria, studies the English metalanguage that was created to analyse and compare, appraise and classify, teach and learn the vernacular languages of Europe between 1500 and 1700, before the development of comparative philology and the institutionalisation of linguistics as an academic discipline. 


Progetto realizzato con il contributo del Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca, progetto PRIN bando 2022 – “MetaLing Corpus: Creating a corpus of English linguistics metalanguage from the 16th to the 18th century”, ref.: 202233C93X, finanziato dall’Unione Europea – NextGenerationEU, PNRR Missione 4 – Componente 2 – Investimento 1.1.