Accademia della Crusca
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The Accademia della Crusca (Italian: [akkaˈdɛːmja della ˈkruska]; lit. 'Academy of the Bran'), generally abbreviated as La Crusca, is a Florence-based society of scholars of Italian linguistics and philology. It is one of the most important research institutions of the Italian language,[1] as well as the oldest linguistic academy in the world.[2]
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Abbreviation | La Crusca |
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Formation | 1583 (1583) |
Headquarters | Florence, Italy |
Official language | Italian |
President | Paolo D'Achille |
Website | accademiadellacrusca |
The Accademia was founded in Florence in 1583, and has since been characterized by its efforts to maintain the purity of the Italian language.[3] Crusca, which means "bran" in Italian, helps convey the metaphor that its work is similar to winnowing, as also does its emblem depicting a sifter for straining out corrupt words and structures (as bran is separated from wheat). The academy motto is "Il più bel fior ne coglie" ('She gathers the fairest flower'), a famous line by the Italian poet Francesco Petrarca. In 1612, the Accademia published the first edition of its dictionary, the Vocabolario degli Accademici della Crusca,[4] which has served as the model for similar works in French, Spanish, German and English.[1]
The academy is a member of the European Federation of National Linguistic Institutes.[5]