Italian Speech Varieties in the United States and Italian-American Lingua Franca.

Haller, Hermann W.

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ERIC Number: EJ363566

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Publication Date: 1987

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Italian Speech Varieties in the United States and Italian-American Lingua Franca.

Haller, Hermann W.

Italica, v64 n3 p393-409 Fall 1987

Describes the high Italian speech variety commonly used by Italian Americans, based on a study of 39 Italian Americans that included interviews and questionnaires. Dialectal characteristics, convergence with English, and language maintenance and language shift in the Italian-American community are discussed. (CB)

Descriptors: Dialects, English (Second Language), Italian, Italian Americans, Language Maintenance, Language Patterns, Language Variation, Morphology (Languages), Oral Language, Syntax

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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