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On this side of the Alps: a sociolinguistic overview of Francoprovençal in northwestern Italy

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Published/Copyright: November 17, 2017

Abstract

This contribution offers a sociolinguistic overview of Francoprovençal (FP) in northwestern Italy. Some aspects of the vitality of FP in Piedmont and Valle d’Aosta, as well as the linguistic repertoires of the two communities, are outlined in the first part of the article, while a selection of phenomena arising from contact between FP and Piedmontese is discussed in the second.

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank the editors of this issue as well as two anonymous reviewers for their insightful comments on a previous version of this article.

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