Grice e Tuveri

  Sardinian philosophers or intellectuals like  Giovanni Maria Tuveri (Giuseppe Tuveri) did not stress the peculiarities of the Sardinian language to make it conform to the norms of the Italian national language.    Instead, the historical record indicates that Sardinian intellectuals who engaged with the issue of language generally fell into one of two main groups:  Advocates for Sardinian Autonomy: Some, like Tuveri, Giovanni Matheu Garipa, and Vincenzo Raimondo Porru, recognized Sardinian as a distinct, autonomous language (not a mere Italian dialect) and argued for its dignity, sometimes proposing its standardization and use as a national language for Sardinia's own cultural and administrative system, placing it on par with other European languages like Spanish or Italian. Adoption of Italian for Progress: The prevailing sentiment among the educated elite, especially following the unification of Italy (Risorgimento) and the influence of the Savoy rulers, was to adopt Italian as a means of social emancipation, modernization, and integration with the mainland. They viewed Sardinian as a barrier to progress and associated it with a condition of degradation and isolation.  The idea of making the highly distinct Sardinian language conform to Italian norms would have been a non-starter, as linguistically it is an separate Romance language with its own unique characteristics, quite different from mainland Italian dialects. The pressure was for Sardinians to abandon their native tongue in formal settings in favor of Italian, not to alter Sardinian itself to be more like Italian for philosophical or other formal uses.