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Traditional and innovative register in Alberto Fortis's "Saggio d'Osservazioni sopra l'Isola di Cherso ed Osero"

The Paduan scientist Alberto Fortis, who gianed renown throughout Europe for his discovery of the Morlachs and the publishing of „ Hasanaginica“ in his most famous work „ Viaggio in Dalmazia“ , began his career as a travel writer with a report on a scientific journey on the island of Cres and Osor, „ Saggio d'Osservazioni sopra l'Isola di Cherso ed Osero“ , published in 1771. Fortis was primarily interested in geological phenomena, with which he wanted to refresh certain scientific theories. But he also recorded his observations about the island's economy and the way of life and customs of his inhabitants. In Italy during the second half of the eighteenth century there was much lively debate about the language of scientific texts. Traditional complex and periphrastic forms of literary origin were used in oposition to the economy and directness od French prose. In this article, selected examples from Fortis's travelogue are investigated to determine to what degree that champion of „ modernity and reformist on the intelectual and social level, by the linguistic structure of his text, realized the corresponding innovative priciples, and how much he remained indebted to his own traditionally imposed education and the environment in which he spent his early years.

Alberto Fortis; travel literature; Cres and Osor; geology; verbs of perceptiom; scienfiic vocabulary; syntactic structure

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