L’origen, la identitat i el nom de la llengua catalana segons Constantí Llombart

Romance philology emerged in the 19th century and more and more scholars started to categorise and study different Romance languages, the Catalan language among them. Progressively, during this period, Catalan-language writers and scholars made statements about its origin —either shared with Occitan language or independent from the beginning—, its identity —subordinated to Occitan or autonomous like other Romance languages— and the name given to the language. This paper analyses the knowledge of Valencian writer Constantí Llombart (1848–1893) about the origin, identity and name in Catalan language.