Endangered minority and regional languages ('dialects') in Italy

被引：17

作者：

Coluzzi, Paolo ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Brunei Darussalam, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Muara, Brunei

来源：

MODERN ITALY | 2009年 / 14卷 / 01期

关键词：

dialect; endangered language; language planning; minority language; nationalism; regional language;

D O I：

10.1080/13532940802278546

中图分类号：

K9 [地理];

学科分类号：

0705 ;

摘要：

The Italian linguistic situation is characterised by a remarkable number of language varieties, although the development of Italian in the past 150 years has been the cause of a language shift from local languages to Italian. The degree of endangerment suffered by so-called 'Italian dialects' is shown using the Major Evaluative Factors of Language Vitality drawn up by a UNESCO ad hoc expert group in 2003, and the data offered by the 2006 ISTAT survey on language use. The debate in Italy on the vitality of 'dialects' and their future has done little to activate mechanisms and strategies to reverse the worrying language shift that both minority languages and 'dialects' are undergoing.

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页码：39 / 54

页数：16