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In:Basilio Brollo’s Dictionarium sinico-latinum (Chinese-Latin dictionary): A critical edition of the manuscript Rinuccini 22 (Biblioteca Mediceo-Laurenziana)
Gabriele Tola
[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences 134] 2026
► pp. 16–33

Chapter 2
Brollo and Romanisation

Theory, practice, and cross-cultural context

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Article outline
  • 1.The significance of romanisation and its complexity
  • 2.Brollo’s role as receiver and innovator
  • 3.Brollo’s personal introduction to romanisation and pronunciation
  • 4.Initials
  • 5.Rimes
  • 6.Tone marks and acoustic description of tone contours
  • 7.Dots over or under vowels and the dieresis
  • 8.Unexpected renders, hapaxes, and other odds
  • 9.Brollo’s interlinguistic awareness
  • 10.Brollo and his use of romanisation in other writings
  • 11.Conclusions
  • Author queries
  • Notes
  • References
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