Eco’s “latratus canis”: A memory of the backstage

Abstract

The paper describes the collaboration between Umberto Eco and his students Roberto Lambertini, Costantino Marmo, and Andrea Tabarroni resulting in the joint article “Latratus canis” (“On animal language in the medieval classification of signs”).

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“…A separate article by one of the co-authors, Andrea Tabarroni, about animal language in ancient linguistic theory should also be mentioned as part of the project (Tabarroni 1988). Marmo, Costantino;Tabarroni, Andrea 1984. On animal language in the Medieval classification of signs. Versus 38/39: 3-38.…”