Accademia della Crusca

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Accademia della Crusca is Italy’s historic language academy, renowned as the principal authority on the standardization and preservation of the Italian language.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural institution
language academy
learned society
collaboratesWith Italian Ministry of Education
Italian universities
other European language academies
country Italy
field lexicography
linguistics
philology
focus Italian grammar
Italian orthography
Italian vocabulary
history of the Italian language
foundedIn 1583
foundedInPeriod late 16th century
hasMembers academics
linguists
scholars of Italian literature
writers
hasSymbol sieve
influences Italian language education
Italian language policy
Italian lexicography
locatedIn Florence
Tuscany
mission preservation of the Italian language
promotion of the Italian language
standardization of the Italian language
namedAfter bran used to sift flour
nameMeaning Academy of the Bran
notableWork Vocabolario degli Accademici della Crusca
notableWorkType Italian dictionary
operatesAs non-profit organization
primaryLanguage Italian
publishes dictionaries of the Italian language
grammatical recommendations
linguistic studies
recognizedAs oldest linguistic academy in the world
one of the most prestigious Italian cultural institutions
role guardian of standard Italian
principal authority on the Italian language
regulatory body for the Italian language
subjectOf studies in Italian cultural history
studies in the history of linguistics
symbolism separating pure language from impurities

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Italian language
regulatoryBody

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