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Anglicisms in Italian. Typologies of language contact phenomena with particular reference to word-formation processes

  • Raffaella Bombi
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Abstract

In this paper we examine different types of language contact phenomena through the analysis of a selection of Anglicisms in contemporary Italian. While studying these Anglicisms, we also explore the interference of various linguistic patterns such as new morphemes and word-formation rules and the influence of these processes on the dynamics of the restandardization of Italian. The cases of lexical and morpho-syntactic interference under scrutiny have favored the spread and success of new types of word-formation that have become frequent initially in special languages and subsequently in the common language. These features are becoming a characteristic of neo-standard Italian. Evidence will be presented to demonstrate the possibility that the outcome of interference can result in borrowings of new words as well as in inducing morphemes and in the enhancing of linguistic trends already present in the language. We show that neoclassical compounds, blends, new morphemes and in general new word-formation processes have an impact on the structure of Italian due to the transfer of new patterns.

Abstract

In this paper we examine different types of language contact phenomena through the analysis of a selection of Anglicisms in contemporary Italian. While studying these Anglicisms, we also explore the interference of various linguistic patterns such as new morphemes and word-formation rules and the influence of these processes on the dynamics of the restandardization of Italian. The cases of lexical and morpho-syntactic interference under scrutiny have favored the spread and success of new types of word-formation that have become frequent initially in special languages and subsequently in the common language. These features are becoming a characteristic of neo-standard Italian. Evidence will be presented to demonstrate the possibility that the outcome of interference can result in borrowings of new words as well as in inducing morphemes and in the enhancing of linguistic trends already present in the language. We show that neoclassical compounds, blends, new morphemes and in general new word-formation processes have an impact on the structure of Italian due to the transfer of new patterns.

Chapters in this book

  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/10.1515/9781614518839-010

Chapters in this book

  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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