The Dialects of Italy

by Dr Martin Maiden (Editor), Martin Maiden (Editor), Mair Parry (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138006782
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/10/2014
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	496
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr Martin Maiden, Martin Maiden, Mair Parry

Table of Contents

Introduction by the editors; I: Structures; 1: Vowel systems; 2: Metaphony; 3: Palatalization; 4: Consonantal weakening; 5: Lengthening and raddoppiament fonosintattico; 6: The syllable; 7: Prosodie 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 demonstratives; 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; 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; 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

Editorial Reviews

'... such a well thought out and carefully executed collection, which does more than just fill a gap in the literature in English: it occupies a first-rank place among the best reference works on Italian dialectology in any language.' - Giulio Lepschy

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