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