The Decay of a Language: The Case of a German Dialect in the Italian Alps

Author:   Silvia Dal Negro ,  Silvia Dal Negro
Publisher:   Verlag Peter Lang
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9783039102129


Pages:   261
Publication Date:   02 April 2004
Format:   Paperback
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The Decay of a Language: The Case of a German Dialect in the Italian Alps


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Topic of this volume is Pomattertitsch, a German dialect which is doomed to extinction. This Allemanic (Walser) dialect is spoken at Formazza, a tiny Alpine community in Italy, and after centuries of semi-secluded existence is now undergoing major transformations due to the rapidly declining number of its speakers and the limited range of its functions. Within the framework of language decay and death this analysis focuses on phenomena of linguistic variation at a morphosyntactic level. This comprehensive study includes a large body of spoken data collected from informants of different age groups and with different levels of language fluency and thus displays a unique picture of an endangered language.

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Author:   Silvia Dal Negro ,  Silvia Dal Negro
Publisher:   Verlag Peter Lang
Imprint:   Verlag Peter Lang
Weight:   0.470kg
ISBN:  

9783039102129


ISBN 10:   3039102125
Pages:   261
Publication Date:   02 April 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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-... Dal Negros exzellente Arbeit [hat] Bedeutung uber das enge Feld der italienischen Sprachinselforschung hinaus.- (Stefan Rabanus, Zeitschrift fur Dialektologie und Linguistik)&ltBR>


-... Dal Negros exzellente Arbeit [hat] Bedeutung uber das enge Feld der italienischen Sprachinselforschung hinaus.- (Stefan Rabanus, Zeitschrift fur Dialektologie und Linguistik)


... Dal Negros exzellente Arbeit [hat] Bedeutung uber das enge Feld der italienischen Sprachinselforschung hinaus. (Stefan Rabanus, Zeitschrift fur Dialektologie und Linguistik)


... Dal Negros exzellente Arbeit [hat] Bedeutung uber das enge Feld der italienischen Sprachinselforschung hinaus. (Stefan Rabanus, Zeitschrift fur Dialektologie und Linguistik) -... Dal Negros exzellente Arbeit [hat] Bedeutung uber das enge Feld der italienischen Sprachinselforschung hinaus.- (Stefan Rabanus, Zeitschrift fur Dialektologie und Linguistik)


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The Author: Silvia Dal Negro, born in Zürich in 1968, teaches Linguistics at the Università del Piemonte Orientale and conducts research on minority languages, dialects and language contact in northern Italy. Her research interests also include phenomena of language contact and acquisition in Switzerland and multilingualism in Italy.

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