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ITALIAN DIALECT CLASSIFICATIONS
This paper provides a historical overview and a critical analysis of Italian dialect classifications. After various empirically-based classifications proposed since the 14th century, five scientific classifications were formulated. Ascoli (1882/1885) adopted a genealogical classification, arranging Italian dialects in three macrogroups (Gallo-Italic ...
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I nomi della cavia in Basilicata: ipotesi e distribuzione
This co‑written contribution proposes a brief overview of the studies and the written records on the spread of the guinea pig. Then, it continues with a review of the most common names of the guinea pig in the European languages and in the Italian ...
Teresa Carbutti, Vita Laurenzana
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The Treatment of Geographical Dialect in Literary Translation from the Perspective of Relevance Theory [PDF]
This paper discusses problems involved in the translation of literary works that apply linguistic varieties, especially geographical dialects. It surveys selected approaches to the functions of dialects in literature and to the strategies of dealing with
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ChatGPT-4 and Italian Dialects: Assessing Linguistic Competence
The purpose of this study is to evaluate ChatGPT-4’s language proficiency in Italian dialects. At the outset, it is clarified what is meant by ‘language ability’ within the context of Large Language Models.
Silvia Lilli
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On the development of a new standard norm in Italian [PDF]
This chapter provides an overview of the main topics concerning the restandardization process of Italian. We will first discuss some general issues related to the Italian sociolinguistic situation, paying special attention to the status of Italo-Romance ...
Cerruti, Massimo +2 more
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Lepschy concentrates his own remarks more on those elements associating «language» to «dialects» than on their being in contrast, because he is convinced of the fact that the opposition between the Italian language and dialects is an «illusory device»,
Lepschy, Giulio C.
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Expletive Subject Clitics in Northern Italo-Romance
This article examines the syntax of subject clitics in northern Italian dialects. Statistical analysis is performed on a sample of 350 dialects to show that the co-variation between syntactic variables is significant.
Diego Pescarini
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The specific aspect of multi-lingual Italian society, the relation between the language and dialects in school education in Italy [PDF]
This article presents the issue of linguistic policy and the attitude of educational authorities towards dialects from the point of view of the multi-lingual and multiculture Italian society. Due to specific historical conditions the linguistic situation
Beszterda, Ingeborga
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Dialects Among Young Italian-Australians: A Shift in Attitude and Perception
The aim of this article is to analyse the relationship that second- and third-generation Italian migrants in Australia have with the Italian dialect of their family.
Benatti Ruben, Tarantini Angela Tiziana
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Dialecte et culture régionale dans la réforme de l’école italienne en 1923
The "Gentile" Reform, of 1923, has introduced for the first time in Italy the teaching of regional culture and dialect in elementary school. These new subjects, nevertheless, were part of the idealistic project of Giovanni Gentile and Giuseppe Lombardo ...
Maurizio Coppola
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