Standard and Neostandard in mobile communities. The case of German-speaking Switzerland

Natale, Silvia; Marzo, Stefania (2023). Standard and Neostandard in mobile communities. The case of German-speaking Switzerland. Italian journal of linguistics / Rivista di linguistica, 35(1), pp. 213-232. Pacini 10.26346/1120-2726-209

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This paper seeks to address if restandardization dynamics unfold in a migratory setting. The study takes as a test case the double standard situation of contemporary Italian and aims to ascertain to which extent the linguistic repertoire of Italian speakers living abroad remains stable.
To this end, we explored the linguistic repertoire of Italian speakers living in German-speaking Switzerland by combining two approaches. A qualitative survey analysis of reported language use showed that migration does not seem to affect the configuration of the Italian varieties in their repertoire. This stability was further investigated in a variationist corpus analysis of 18 syntactic and morphological standard and neo-standard features, in which we measured the role of duration of migration and age. An exploratory Principle Component Analysis does not yet provide a clear indication of stability or change. However, it does suggest that both duration of migration and age may affect the distribution of standard and neo-standard features.
Keywords: restandardization, migration, neo-standard Italian, literary standard Italian.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Linguistics and Literary Studies > Institute of Italian Language and Literature > Linguistic Studies 06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Linguistics and Literary Studies > Institute of Italian Language and Literature
UniBE Contributor:	Natale, Silvia
Subjects:	800 Literature, rhetoric & criticism > 850 Italian, Romanian & related literatures 400 Language > 450 Italian, Romanian & related languages
ISSN:	1120-2726
Publisher:	Pacini
Language:	English
Submitter:	Aline Kunz
Date Deposited:	14 Aug 2023 14:20
Last Modified:	14 Aug 2023 14:20
Publisher DOI:	10.26346/1120-2726-209
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/185445