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Uncovering the "Hidden" Multilingualism of Europe: An Italian Case Study
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Tamburelli, Marco – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2014
Dominant notions of what constitutes a "language" and what a "dialect" within a continuum are entirely based on sociopolitical factors (i.e. the "languages by 'Ausbau'" of Kloss), totally disregarding structural and communicative aspects. This paper argues that such stance is no longer tenable in view of the modern…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Dialects, Language Attitudes
Objective Local Vitality and Linguistic Networks as Predictors of Perceived Vitality
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Vincze, László; Harwood, Jake – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2014
The present paper investigates the relationship between objective ethnolinguistic vitality, individual networks of linguistic contacts (INLCs) and perceived vitality among German-speaking (N = 415) and Italian-speaking (N = 379) adolescents in South Tyrol, Italy. Supporting our hypothesis, we found that INLC has a greater effect on perceived…
Descriptors: Networks, Language Maintenance, Foreign Countries, Correlation
Folk Linguistics and Language Teaching Education. A Case Study in an Italian Secondary School
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Santipolo, Matteo – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2016
This paper, after shortly introducing "Folk Linguistics" by defining its domain of competence [cf. Preston, Dennis R., ed. 1999. "Handbook of Perceptual Dialectology." Amsterdam: John Benjamins; Niedzielski, Nancy A., and Dennis R. Preston. 2003. "Folk Linguistics." Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter], attempts to draw an…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Linguistics, Folk Culture, Self Concept