2026-05-18T08:58:47Zhttps://iris.cnr.it/oai/requestoai:iris.cnr.it:20.500.14243/4744492025-01-24T23:19:37Zcom_20.500.14243_29com_20.500.14243_21col_20.500.14243_30ou_ou327ou_ou239
I VOLTI DEL CAOS. Per la storia linguistica di un’idea
Cosimo Burgassi
Cosimo Burgassi, Elisa Guadagnini, Giulio Vaccaro
Burgassi, Cosimo
Chao
Old Italian
Historical Semantic
Lexicology
This paper aims to outline the relationship between the different meanings of the word chaos in the history of the Italian language. Chaos is a word of Greek derivation which is largely used in the nowadays language to express the meaning ‘extreme confusion, disorder’. Other meanings of the term reflecting its Classical – Christian origins (such as ‘abyss, deep’, ‘indistinct mass of matter’ or ‘hell’) are as well attested in the linguistic history of Italian. Particular attention is paid to evaluate how chaos was used in the Middle Ages in comparison to its current usage.
2023
info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14243/474449
10.7410/1661
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/isbn/978-88-97317-81-4
ita
ispartofbook:STORIE DI IDEE NELL’EUROPA MEDITERRANEA. Trasmissione di parole e saperi nel Medioevo e nella prima Età moderna
firstpage:23
lastpage:54
numberofpages:32
serie:EUROPA E MEDITERRANEO
info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
ELETTRONICO
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Storia dell’Europa Mediterranea
country:ITA
place:Cagliari
license:NON PUBBLICO - Accesso privato/ristretto
license uri:iris.PRI01