Italoamericano Italiano e Inglese in Contatto Negli USA. Analisi Diacronica Variazionale e Migrazionale |
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| Author:
| Prifti, Elton |
| Series title: | Beihefte Zur Zeitschrift Für Romanische Philologie Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-11-030036-9 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2013 |
| Publisher: | De Gruyter, Inc.
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| Book Format: | Mixed media product |
| List Price: | USD $196.00 |
Book Description:
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The Italian migration to the United States spurred a particularly dynamic and multifarious language contact between Italian varieties and American English, which is the main object of study of this monograph. The Italian-American linguistic contact ischaracterized by a duration of more than 400 years, a wide geographic diffusion and a variable intensity. The author undertakes a diachronic variational analysis of its dynamics and results and provides a methodological innovation for...
More DescriptionThe Italian migration to the United States spurred a particularly dynamic and multifarious language contact between Italian varieties and American English, which is the main object of study of this monograph. The Italian-American linguistic contact ischaracterized by a duration of more than 400 years, a wide geographic diffusion and a variable intensity. The author undertakes a diachronic variational analysis of its dynamics and results and provides a methodological innovation for contact studies. Foreword by Tullio De Mauro.