Languages in the Canton of Grisons
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Mariselda Tessarolo
Abstract
The Canton of Grisons is the fourth of the Cantons that make up the Swiss Confederation. In this canton, five main Romansh languages — standardized by H. Schmid in 1982 — are spoken. Standardization was accepted in its written form by the different speech communities of the Canton. The present article reports the results of a research study on the image the speakers have of the different languages under investigation: Romansh Idioms, German, Italian and Rumantsch Grischun. Given the young age of the participants in the sample, the data may provide an estimate of trends among Romansh speakers in the near future. Our study highlights that German scores the highest with regard to all of the aspects addressed in the research, with the exception of informal and affective communication, for which the Romansh idioms are favored.
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