The Dialects of Italy (Romance Linguistics) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415111048 ISBN 13: 9780415111041

Publisher: Routledge, 1997

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Synopsis:

Italy holds special treasures for linguists. There is probably no other area of Europe in which such a profusion of variation, at all levels of linguistic structure, is concentrated into so limited a geographical area. The principal aim of this book is to make accessible, both to Romance specialists and to general linguists, the major structural features of the dialects of Italy and to emphasize 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 The contributors, drawn from amongst the world's foremost experts in Italian dialectology, provide a lively and stimulating range of perspectives, and carefully examine the results of recent original research. The Dialects of Italy will constitute an indispensable compendium of current thinking in the field of Italian dialectology. Paola Benica, Universita di Padova; Gaetano Berruto, Universita degli Studi di torino; Michela Cennamo, Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II; Guglielmo Cinque, Universita degli Studi di Trento

About the Author:

Martin Maiden is Professor of the Romance Languages and Director of the Research Centre for Romance Linguistics at the University of Oxford, a Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford and a Fellow of the British Academy.

Martin Maiden is Professor of Romance Languages and Director of the Research Centre for Romance Linguistics at the University of Oxford. He is also a Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford. His recent publications include A Reference Grammar of Modern Italian, Second Edition (with Cecilia Robustelli, 2007).

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0415111048
• ISBN 13: 9780415111041
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 490
• Editor: Maiden Dr Martin, Maiden Martin, Parry Mair