Bilingualism or trilingualism? : social versus linguistic views : evidence from the Germanic-speaking language group in South Tyrol (Italy)

What is a ‘language’? What is a ‘dialect’? Officially and politically, South Tyrol (in northeastern Italy) is an Italian–German bilingual region. The local Germanic variety spoken in the area is commonly referred to as a ‘dialect’ and therefore ‘subordinate’ to Standard German. The main aim of this...

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Main Author: Leonardi, Mara Maya Victoria
Other Authors: Tamburelli, Marco
Published: Bangor University 2016
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.694716

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