ǂa ǂcase study of Slovene speakers in Northeast Italy
Matejka Grgič (Author)

Abstract

This article is based on a case study of Slovene speakers in north-western Italy and their attitudes towards language use and policy. Although the legal protection and support for the development of minority, regional, and non-dominant languages in Europe have made a remarkable progress, minority language communities still face many serious challenges. On the one hand, the level of their respective legal protection is often not efficient enough. On the other hand, legal protection provides only formal conditions for language maintenance, which has nothing to do with motivation, proficiency, or improvement. Today, most minority speakers in Europe are allowed and encouraged to use their home language in the public; but the question is whether they are motivated to do so. By studying the speakers of Slovene in Italy, my aim is to point at importance of colloquial local and non-local (koiné) varieties in maintaining minority language and bilingualism.

Keywords

slovenščina v Italiji;manjšinski jeziki;jezikovna izpostavljenost;jezikovna ideologija;sociolingvistika;Slovene language in Italy;minority language;language exposure;language ideology;sociolinguistics;

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Language: English
Year of publishing:
Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization: UL FF - Faculty of Arts
UDC: 811.163.6'272:323.15(450=163.6)
COBISS: 197341443 Link will open in a new window
ISSN: 0044-3506
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Secondary language: Slovenian
Secondary keywords: slovenščina v Italiji;manjšinski jeziki;jezikovna izpostavljenost;jezikovna ideologija;sociolingvistika;
Type (COBISS): Article
Pages: str. 226-228
Volume: ǂBd. ǂ69
Issue: ǂH. ǂ2
Chronology: 2024
DOI: 10.1515/slaw-2024-0012
ID: 24207419
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