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On the development of a new standard norm in Italian

  • Massimo Cerruti , Claudia Crocco und Stefania Marzo
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Towards a New Standard
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Abstract

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 dialects and their relationship with Italian, the demotization process entailed by the twentieth century massive spread of the standard language, and the connection between neo-standard Italian and regional standards. The focus will then turn to neo-standard Italian: in particular, we will deal with some morphosyntactic features which were excluded from the standard literary norm but have survived over time in non-standard varieties. These features finally penetrated the standard usage, progressively giving rise to what is called neo-standard Italian. After a concise review of previous studies on neo-standard Italian, we will situate this variety within the current debate on the development of “new standards” in various European languages. In this respect, special consideration will be given to the notions of “destandardization”, “informalization” and “dehomogenization”. We conclude by presenting a brief outline of the chapters in this volume.

Abstract

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 dialects and their relationship with Italian, the demotization process entailed by the twentieth century massive spread of the standard language, and the connection between neo-standard Italian and regional standards. The focus will then turn to neo-standard Italian: in particular, we will deal with some morphosyntactic features which were excluded from the standard literary norm but have survived over time in non-standard varieties. These features finally penetrated the standard usage, progressively giving rise to what is called neo-standard Italian. After a concise review of previous studies on neo-standard Italian, we will situate this variety within the current debate on the development of “new standards” in various European languages. In this respect, special consideration will be given to the notions of “destandardization”, “informalization” and “dehomogenization”. We conclude by presenting a brief outline of the chapters in this volume.

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  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents V
  3. Preface VII
  4. List of Contributors IX
  5. List of Figures XIII
  6. List of Tables XV
  7. Introduction
  8. On the development of a new standard norm in Italian 3
  9. Part I: Restandardization tendencies
  10. What is changing in Italian today? Phenomena of restandardization in syntax and morphology: an overview 31
  11. Changes from below, changes from above: relative constructions in contemporary Italian 61
  12. Everyone has an accent. Standard Italian and regional pronunciation 89
  13. Evaluating regional variation in Italian: towards a change in standard language ideology? 118
  14. Part II: Regional standards
  15. How standard regional Italians set in: the case of standard Piedmontese Italian 145
  16. Italian in Bozen/Bolzano: the formation of a ‘new dialect’ 176
  17. Tuscan between standard and vernacular: a sociophonetic perspective 213
  18. Contact between Italian and dialect in Sicily: the case of phrasal verb constructions 242
  19. Part III: Crossing the borders
  20. Anglicisms in Italian. Typologies of language contact phenomena with particular reference to word-formation processes 269
  21. English loans in written Italian: a regional perspective 293
  22. Italian in Switzerland: the dynamics of pluricentrism 321
  23. Epilogue
  24. The neo-standard of Italy and elsewhere in Europe 365
  25. Index 375
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614518839-001

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents V
  3. Preface VII
  4. List of Contributors IX
  5. List of Figures XIII
  6. List of Tables XV
  7. Introduction
  8. On the development of a new standard norm in Italian 3
  9. Part I: Restandardization tendencies
  10. What is changing in Italian today? Phenomena of restandardization in syntax and morphology: an overview 31
  11. Changes from below, changes from above: relative constructions in contemporary Italian 61
  12. Everyone has an accent. Standard Italian and regional pronunciation 89
  13. Evaluating regional variation in Italian: towards a change in standard language ideology? 118
  14. Part II: Regional standards
  15. How standard regional Italians set in: the case of standard Piedmontese Italian 145
  16. Italian in Bozen/Bolzano: the formation of a ‘new dialect’ 176
  17. Tuscan between standard and vernacular: a sociophonetic perspective 213
  18. Contact between Italian and dialect in Sicily: the case of phrasal verb constructions 242
  19. Part III: Crossing the borders
  20. Anglicisms in Italian. Typologies of language contact phenomena with particular reference to word-formation processes 269
  21. English loans in written Italian: a regional perspective 293
  22. Italian in Switzerland: the dynamics of pluricentrism 321
  23. Epilogue
  24. The neo-standard of Italy and elsewhere in Europe 365
  25. Index 375
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