Roli i shkencave albanologjike për njohjen e shqipes dhe të Shqipërisë në Itali

In this article, the author reconstructs the history of the Albanological studies that have marked the spread of knowledge of the Albanian language and Albania in Italy. Albanian studies in Italy date from the beginning of the XVIII century. Language, literature, culture, geography and history of Albania have taken place and have appeared in various fields of study. In the field of linguistics, Italian and Arbëresh scholars specifically focused on Albanian etymology, historical phonetics, philology, lexicography, morphosyntax, dialectology; on the issue of the origin of the Albanian language; in determining its place within the Indo-European languages; in its relations with other languages of the Balkans. They approached Albanian with the methods of descriptive grammar and those of generative linguistics. They drafted dictionaries and grammars. In addition to linguistics, studies were made in the field of literature, dedicated to the Renaissance period; to the popular and religious literature; the indipendence and post-war literature; the modern and contemporary Albanian literature. Another field in which Albanian studies, in Italy, has become object of study is documentary literature that sheds light on history, geography, culture, ethnography, politics and socio-economic situation of Albania. All these works offer a complete image of Albanian world.