Local cultures in the DDC: the Sardinian language in recent editions.
After an excursus on the peculiarity of the Sardinian language and the difference between a language and a dialect, the paper analyses the changes applied to the treatment of Sardinian language in different Dewey Decimal Classification editions.
Fabio Salis
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Substrata Residue, Linguistic Reconstruction, and Linking: Methodological Premises, and the Case History of Palaeo-Sardinian [PDF]
This paper demonstrates that, within substratal research, prior to undertaking any comparative endeavour, it is necessary to conduct a thorough distributional analysis of the morphological regularities displayed by the language under consideration, so as
Eduardo Blasco Ferrer
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State recognition for ‘contested languages’: a comparative study of Sardinian and Asturian, 1992–2010 [PDF]
While the idea of a named language as a separate and discrete identity is a political and social construct, in the cases of Sardinian and Asturian doubts over their respective ‘languageness’ have real material consequences, particularly in relation to ...
A Cossu +66 more
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Linguistic and Cognitive Effects of Bilingualism with Regional Minority Languages: A Study of Sardinian–Italian Adult Speakers [PDF]
This study explores the effects of bilingualism in Sardinian as a regional minority language on the linguistic competence in Italian as the dominant language and on non-linguistic cognitive abilities.
Maria Garraffa +2 more
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Online reviews explain differences in coastal and inland tourists’ satisfaction [PDF]
To achieve a comprehensive understanding of the factors influencing tourist satisfaction, there has recently been an increasing interest in the information provided by online reviews.
Giulia Contu +3 more
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This article describes the development of a free/open-source rule-based machine translation system for Catalan to Sardinian based on the Apertium platform.
Gianfranco Fronteddu +2 more
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The impact of geofactors on the formation of language islands and minority languages: The case of Cimbrian, Ladinian and Sardinian [PDF]
This contribution aims to highlight the geofactors which determine the development and continuity of language islands and the territories of minority languages. The focus of this research is therefore primarily on the geomorphological conditions of a specific language area and the interaction of natural factors, such as landform configuration, quality
Schöntag, Roger, Linzmeier, Laura
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This article examines the Russian translation of 'Le leggende sarde' [Sardinian Legends] by Grazia Deledda, which deals with the extremely complex language of the Italian-Sardinian hybrid original text.
Alessandra Cattani
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Unveiling the Enigmatic Origins of Sardinian Toponyms
With the boom in Indo-European (IE) studies among linguists from the early 20th century, toponymic studies on European place names have been largely based on the Proto-Indo-European (PIE).
Brenda Man Qing Ong +1 more
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Divergent phonological behaviour in heritage speakers of Sardinian
In the literature on heritage speakers, phonology is often described as a comparatively well-preserved component of language competence. It does seem to be the case that heritage speakers, even when not fully proficient in some areas of grammar, sound ...
Rosangela Lai
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