Il 'Sommario di linguistica arioeuropea' (1930) di Antonino Pagliaro e gli inizi della filosofia del linguaggio in Italia

This paper explores the begininnings of the philosophy of language in Italy in the work of the philologue and glottologist Antonino Pagliaro, whose 1930 book, 'Sommario di linguistica arioeuropea' played a very important role. Thanks to his elaboration of the idealistic tradition as well as of the insights coming from Saussure, Cassirer and other protagonists of his age, Pagliaro was able to overcome the boundaries of a merely historical consideration of language, and engaged himself in a deep dialogue with contemporary theorical debates on language and communication.