The general linguistic area (General Area) usually corresponds to a geographic region in Italy (tosc. = toscano); the specific linguistic area (Specific Area) when possible coincides with the name of a city or town (fior. = fiorentino; sang. = sangimignanese). Both have been specified in the bibliographic data for each text in the database.
If there is insufficient data to attribute the text to a city or town, the Specific Area field simply repeats the data in the General Area field. For example, including tosc as the General Area results in a search for all Tuscan texts (1152). On the other hand, including fior as the Specific Area results in a search for only Fiorentine texts (456). Yet, using tosc as the Specific Area searches for all Tuscan texts that were not able to be attributed to any specific Tuscan city or town (273).
In the bibliographic data for the Specific Area field one will occasionally find the following combined notations:
These combined notations cannot be searched directly (e.g., one cannot enter A>B in the Specific Area field), but searching on either part of a combined notation will return documents that include that part in a combined notation (e.g. searching for A will return all instances of A A>B A-B etc.).
From the table below, copy the abbreviation in the left column which corresponds to the area(s) you wish to include in your search, then paste or type the abbreviation(s) into the field labeled general or specific area on the search form as required. Note that you may include multiple areas in a single field by inserting a vertical line (|) between area abbreviations, for example:
abruzz.|tosco.-ven.|zar.
To determine which codes are currently valid for use in the the specific and general area input boxes on the search form, please consult columns 3 and 4 in the table below. If you wish to see a document count for the specific and general codes, click on the respective column header.
| Abbreviation | Area | Specific? | General? |
|---|---|---|---|
| abruzz. | abruzzese | yes | yes |
| agrig. | agrigentino | yes | |
| amalf. | amalfitano | yes | |
| amiat. | amiatino | yes | |
| ancon. | anconitano | yes | |
| aquil. | aquilano | yes | |
| aquin. | aquinate | yes | |
| aret. | aretino | yes | |
| ascol. | ascolano | ||
| assis. | assisiate | yes | |
| bell. | bellunese | yes | |
| bergam. | bergamasco | yes | |
| bologn. | bolognese | yes | |
| bresc. | bresciano | ||
| calabr. | calabrese | ||
| camp. | campano | yes | yes |
| capuan. | capuano | yes | |
| carr. | carrarese | yes | |
| casol. | casolano | yes | |
| cass. | cassinese | yes | |
| castelfior. | di Castelfiorentino | ||
| castell. | di Città di Castello | yes | |
| catan. | catanese | yes | |
| chier. | chierese | ||
| chiogg. | chioggiotto | ||
| cividal. | cividalese | yes | |
| colt. | di Coltibuono | yes | |
| com. | comasco | yes | |
| cors. | corso | yes | yes |
| cort. | cortonese | yes | |
| crem. | cremonese | yes | |
| dalmat. | dalmata | yes | |
| emil. | emiliano | yes | yes |
| eug. | euganeo | ||
| eugub. | eugubino | yes | |
| fabr. | fabrianese | yes | |
| fan. | di Fano | ||
| ferr. | ferrarese | yes | |
| fior. | fiorentino | yes | |
| folign. | folignate | yes | |
| fond.(rom). | fondano(romano) | yes | |
| francoprov. | francoprovenzale | ||
| friul. | friulano | yes | yes |
| gen. | genovese | yes | |
| giudeo-it. | giudeo-italiano | yes | yes |
| imol. | imolese | ||
| ital. | italiano | yes | yes |
| lad. | ladino | ||
| lat. | latino | yes | |
| laz. | laziale | yes | |
| lig. | ligure | yes | yes |
| lomb. | lombardo | yes | yes |
| lucch. | lucchese | yes | |
| macer. | maceratese | yes | |
| mant. | mantovano | yes | |
| march. | marchigiano | yes | yes |
| merid. | meridionale | yes | |
| mess. | messinese | yes | |
| mil. | milanese | yes | |
| moden. | modenese | yes | |
| mol. | molisano | yes | |
| montepulc. | di Montepulciano | ||
| montier. | di Montieri | yes | |
| mug. | mugellano | yes | |
| napol. | napoletano | yes | |
| occ. | occidentale | yes | |
| or. | orientale | yes | yes |
| orviet. | orvietano | yes | |
| os. | osimano | yes | |
| padov. | padovano | yes | |
| palerm. | palermitano | yes | |
| parm. | parmigiano | yes | |
| pav. | pavese | yes | |
| perug. | perugino | yes | |
| piac. | piacentino | yes | |
| pic. | piceno | yes | |
| piem. | piemontese | yes | yes |
| pis. | pisano | yes | |
| pist. | pistoiese | yes | yes |
| prat. | pratese | yes | |
| pugl. | pugliese | yes | yes |
| ravenn. | ravennate | yes | |
| reat. | reatino | yes | |
| rimin. | riminese | ||
| rom. | romano | yes | yes |
| romagn. | romagnolo | yes | |
| salent. | salentino | ||
| sang. | sangimignanese | yes | |
| savon. | savonese | yes | |
| sen. | senese | yes | |
| sess. | sessano | yes | |
| settentr. | settentrionale | yes | yes |
| sic. | siciliano | yes | yes |
| sic.smi | sicilianismi | yes | |
| sirac. | siracusano | yes | |
| spolet. | spoletino | ||
| ssep. | di Sansepolcro | ||
| tarent. | tarentino | ||
| tean. | teanese | yes | |
| tod. | todino | yes | |
| tosc. | toscano | yes | yes |
| toscp. | toscanopadano | ||
| tosco.-ven. | tosco-veneto | yes | |
| trent. | trentino | yes | yes |
| trevis. | trevisano | yes | |
| udin. | udinese | yes | |
| umbr. | umbro | yes | yes |
| urb. | urbinate | yes | |
| ven. | veneto | yes | yes |
| venez. | veneziano | yes | |
| ver. | veronese | yes | |
| vercell. | vercellese | yes | |
| vicent. | vicentino | yes | |
| viterb. | viterbese | yes | |
| volg. | volgare | yes | |
| volt. | volterrano | yes | |
| zar. | zaratino | yes |