Series | LiVVaL
Edited book | Language Attitudes and Bi(dia)lectal Competence
Chapter | Effects of National Language Policies on Local Varieties
Effects of National Language Policies on Local Varieties
Campanian and Sicilian Case Studies
Abstract
This study analyses the impact of institutional language policies on the status of two local varieties spoken in the area of Messina and in the province of Caserta, which are non-officially promoted in national laws concerning plurilingualism but specifically addressed in legislative measures at Regional level. In order to unveil the impact of language policy on speaker view of languages, this study offers a quantitative analysis, based on questionnaires and focusing on (a) speakers’ judgments about their regional languages; (b) local varieties collocation in their repertoires; (c) correlation between specific communicative situations and local varieties; (d) differences in linguistic prestige assignment among demographic classes of informants.
Submitted: May 8, 2023 | Accepted: Dec. 28, 2023 | Published June 30, 2024 | Language: en
Keywords Linguistic minorities • Local varieties • Sicilian local variety • Language policy • Campanian local variety • Multilingualism
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