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In this chapter the his-torical, social and cultural background framing language contact between the En-glish-speaking world and the Italian peninsula will be retraced, in order to identify the seamless weaving between cultural contact and lexical borrowing.
Jul 4, 2023 · The volume explores the history of language contact between Italy and Anglophone countries and illustrates the phenomenon of lexical borrowing. Types of English-induced borrowings are presented on the basis of quantitative and qualitative information provided by Italian lexicographic sources and corpus-based evidence.
In various guises, the questione della lingua pervades the linguistic history of Italy and its continuing topicality is reflected in the recent controversy over the Lega’s proposal that prospective schoolteachers should sit a test in the local culture and language (summer 2009). Italy: the changing linguistic scene.
Jul 11, 2014 · While Italy boasts one of the historically most prestigious civilizations, its national language, unlike English, does not have the status of a language for international communication, and, unlike Spanish or Chinese, it does not span entire continents.
The English language in Italy - Volume 10 Issue 4 22 August 2024: Due to technical disruption, we are experiencing some delays to publication. We are working to restore services and apologise for the inconvenience.
Language is an arbitrary and conventional symbolic resource situated within a cultural system. While it marks speakers’ different assumptions and worldviews, it also creates much tension in communication. Therefore, scholars have long sought to understand the role of language in human communication.
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Oct 1, 1994 · The English language in Italy. V. Pulcini. Published in English Today 1 October 1994. Linguistics. THE ENGLISH language has been penetrating into the Italian language and society since the XVIII century, but only in the course of this century has its influence reached its present high level.
