The neo-standard of Italy and elsewhere in Europe
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Peter Auer
Abstract
This epilogue tentatively puts the Italian neo-standard in a European perspective by outlining some of the parallel developments in other European languages, particularly German. The notion of a neo-standard is profiled against related concepts such as regional standards and regional sub-standards. The relationship between demoticization and destandardization is discussed.
Abstract
This epilogue tentatively puts the Italian neo-standard in a European perspective by outlining some of the parallel developments in other European languages, particularly German. The notion of a neo-standard is profiled against related concepts such as regional standards and regional sub-standards. The relationship between demoticization and destandardization is discussed.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Preface VII
- List of Contributors IX
- List of Figures XIII
- List of Tables XV
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Introduction
- On the development of a new standard norm in Italian 3
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Part I: Restandardization tendencies
- What is changing in Italian today? Phenomena of restandardization in syntax and morphology: an overview 31
- Changes from below, changes from above: relative constructions in contemporary Italian 61
- Everyone has an accent. Standard Italian and regional pronunciation 89
- Evaluating regional variation in Italian: towards a change in standard language ideology? 118
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Part II: Regional standards
- How standard regional Italians set in: the case of standard Piedmontese Italian 145
- Italian in Bozen/Bolzano: the formation of a ‘new dialect’ 176
- Tuscan between standard and vernacular: a sociophonetic perspective 213
- Contact between Italian and dialect in Sicily: the case of phrasal verb constructions 242
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Part III: Crossing the borders
- Anglicisms in Italian. Typologies of language contact phenomena with particular reference to word-formation processes 269
- English loans in written Italian: a regional perspective 293
- Italian in Switzerland: the dynamics of pluricentrism 321
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Epilogue
- The neo-standard of Italy and elsewhere in Europe 365
- Index 375
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Preface VII
- List of Contributors IX
- List of Figures XIII
- List of Tables XV
-
Introduction
- On the development of a new standard norm in Italian 3
-
Part I: Restandardization tendencies
- What is changing in Italian today? Phenomena of restandardization in syntax and morphology: an overview 31
- Changes from below, changes from above: relative constructions in contemporary Italian 61
- Everyone has an accent. Standard Italian and regional pronunciation 89
- Evaluating regional variation in Italian: towards a change in standard language ideology? 118
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Part II: Regional standards
- How standard regional Italians set in: the case of standard Piedmontese Italian 145
- Italian in Bozen/Bolzano: the formation of a ‘new dialect’ 176
- Tuscan between standard and vernacular: a sociophonetic perspective 213
- Contact between Italian and dialect in Sicily: the case of phrasal verb constructions 242
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Part III: Crossing the borders
- Anglicisms in Italian. Typologies of language contact phenomena with particular reference to word-formation processes 269
- English loans in written Italian: a regional perspective 293
- Italian in Switzerland: the dynamics of pluricentrism 321
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Epilogue
- The neo-standard of Italy and elsewhere in Europe 365
- Index 375
