The Dialects of Italy
1st Edition
Published on 7. March 2006
496 pages
978-0-203-99388-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book makes accessible the major structural features of the dialects of Italy and emphasises the importance of a detailed understanding of the dialects for issues in general linguistic theory. Selected contents include:
* Phonology
* Morphology
* Syntax
* Lexis
* The Dialect Areas * Sociolinguistics of Dialects
Contributors: Paola Benica; Gaetano Berruto; Guglielmo Cinque; Michela Cennamo; Patrizia Cordin; Thamas Cravens; Marie-Jose Dalbera Stefanaggi; Franco Fanciullo; Werner Forner; Luciano Giannelli; John Hajek; Hermann Haller; Robert Hastings; Michael Jones; Michele Loporcaro; Martin Maiden; Marco Mazzoleni; Zarko Miljacic; Mair Parry; Cecilia Poletto; Lorenzo Renzi; Lori Repetti; Giovanni Ruffino; Giampaolo Salvi; Glauco Sanga; Leonardo Savoia; Alberto Sobrero; Rosanna Sornicola; Tullio Telmon; John Trumper; Edward Tuttle; Alberto Valvaro; Laura Vanelli; Ugo Vignuzzi; Nigel Vincent; Irene Vogel.
* Phonology
* Morphology
* Syntax
* Lexis
* The Dialect Areas * Sociolinguistics of Dialects
Contributors: Paola Benica; Gaetano Berruto; Guglielmo Cinque; Michela Cennamo; Patrizia Cordin; Thamas Cravens; Marie-Jose Dalbera Stefanaggi; Franco Fanciullo; Werner Forner; Luciano Giannelli; John Hajek; Hermann Haller; Robert Hastings; Michael Jones; Michele Loporcaro; Martin Maiden; Marco Mazzoleni; Zarko Miljacic; Mair Parry; Cecilia Poletto; Lorenzo Renzi; Lori Repetti; Giovanni Ruffino; Giampaolo Salvi; Glauco Sanga; Leonardo Savoia; Alberto Sobrero; Rosanna Sornicola; Tullio Telmon; John Trumper; Edward Tuttle; Alberto Valvaro; Laura Vanelli; Ugo Vignuzzi; Nigel Vincent; Irene Vogel.
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Content
- Cover
- The Dialects of Italy
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of contributors
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction by the editors
- Part I: Structures
- 1. Vowel systems
- 2. Metaphony
- 3. Palatalization
- 4. Consonantal weakening
- 5. Lengthening and raddoppiamento fonosintattico
- 6. The syllable
- 7. Prosodic phonology
- 8. Inflectional morphology of the noun and adjective
- 9. Inflectional morphology of the verb
- 10. Tense, mood and aspect in the verb
- 11. Synthetic and analytic structures
- 12. Personal pronouns and demonstrative
- 13. Word structure and word formation
- 14. Sentence word order
- 15. Conjunctions
- 16. Pronominal syntax
- 17. Passive and impersonal constructions
- 18. The structure of the noun phrase
- 19. Complementation
- 20. Negation
- 21. Quantifiers
- 22. Relative clauses
- 23. The syntax of conditional sentences
- 24. Prepositions
- 25. Lexical and semantic variation
- Part II: The dialect areas
- 26. The geographical distribution of the dialects
- Dialects of the north
- 27. Piedmont
- 28. Liguria
- 29. Lombardy
- 30. Trentino
- 31. The Veneto
- 32. Emilia-Romagna
- 33. Friuli
- 34. Ladin
- Dialects of the centre and south
- 35. Tuscany
- 36. Corsica
- 37. Lazio, Umbria and the Marche
- 38. Abruzzo and Molise
- 39. Campania
- 40. Puglia and Salento
- 41. Basilicata
- 42. Calabria and southern Basilicata
- 43. Sicily
- 44. Sardinia
- Part III: Sociolinguistics
- 45. The relationship between the dialects and the standard language
- 46. Code-switching and code-mixing
- 47. The dialects abroad
- 48. Italianization of the dialects
- Bibliographical abbreviations
- Bibliography
- Index
