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Language shift in standard Italian and dialect: A case study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Rosa Saladino
Rosa Saladino
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Australian National University
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Abstract

The level of penetration of standard Italian pronunciation norms into a rural Southern Italian dialect is examined, and the factors that influenced this italianization are assessed.

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Language Variation and Change , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , March 1990 , pp. 57 - 70
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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