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Aldrey, Cayetano A. (1851-1922) New!
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Cayetano Aldrey nace en Galicia y forma parte del grupo de intelectuales y profesores españoles que se establecieron en Argentina a partir de 1880. En este contexto, Aldrey desempeña su labor como profesor de gramática castellana en distintos colegios nacionales de Buenos Aires. Investiga y reflexiona activamente sobre cuestiones lingüísticas y mantiene, en este sentido, relaciones epistolares con Ricardo Palma y Eduardo de la Barra.
Combina el magisterio con el periodismo y colabora activamente en la prensa local. De hecho, tanto su Estudio crítico sobre el texto oficial de gramática de la lengua castellana por los señores Baldmar F. Dobranich y R. Monner Sans (1894) como su Ortografía fonética (1896) recogen los artículos que anteriormente había publicado en diversos números en el periódico El Correo Español (Buenos Aires). En la primera de sus obras, el autor refleja ciertas observaciones e incorrecciones detectadas en el que se considera libro oficial de texto en la mayoría de las escuelas argentinas, mientras que, en la segunda, a partir de las diversas conversaciones mantenidas con otros lingüistas, expone sus opiniones acerca de la reforma ortográfica.
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- Estudio crítico sobre el texto oficial de gramática de la lengua castellana por los señores Baldmar F. Dobranich y R. Monner Sans, Tipografía El Correo Español, Buenos Aires, 1894.
- Ortografía fonética y justificación de la usual española, Imprenta de Pablo E. Coni e Hijos, Buenos Aires, 1896.
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- Battista, Emiliano; Lidgett, Esteban, “La presencia de las teorías de la gramática filosófica francesa en la tradición escolar argentina: un recurso pedagógico. El caso de las gramáticas de Ricardo Monner Sans (1893) y Juan José García Velloso (1897)”, Revista Argentina de Historiografía Lingüística, 7/2, 2015, págs. 101-114.
- Blanco, María Ilmeda, “La enseñanza de la lengua nacional en los colegios secundarios argentinos (1863-1898)”, Revista Argentina de Historiografía Lingüística, 14/1, 2022, págs. 73-254.
- “[Carta de] Cayetano A. Aldrey, Buenos Aires; [para] Ricardo Palma, Lima”, Biblioteca Nacional del Perú digital, [22/01/2025].
- Correspondencia sobre discusiones gramaticales entre Eduardo de la Barra y Cayetano A. Aldrey, Imp. Y Enc. de El Correo Español, Buenos Aires, 1900.
- El eco de Galicia, 20 de mayo de 1922, pág. 1.
- Gaviño Rodríguez, Victoriano, “La enseñanza del castellano en la Argentina de finales del XIX y principios del XX. Textos recomendados y actitudes en torno a la lengua”, Revista Argentina de Historiografía Lingüística, 9/1, 2017, págs. 59-74.
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