La Parabola del Figliol Prodigo e le sue traduzioni in area tedesca
Dall'antico alto tedesco alle isole linguistiche italiane
open access | peer reviewed
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edited by
- Federica Cognola - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email orcid profile
- Chiara De Bastiani - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email orcid profile
Abstract
Starting with Coquebert de Montbret’s linguistic surveys on the languages spoken in the French Empire (1806-12), the Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke XV, 11-32) became, at least until the beginning of the twentieth century, the typical text used to collect linguistic samples of a specific variety. For many varieties, the translations collected during the nineteenth-century linguistic surveys represent the oldest available text; in some cases these translations are the only documentation of now extinct varieties. Through the analysis of different case studies from German varieties, the contributions collected in the present volume discuss the linguistic characteristics of the translations in relation to the grammar of present-day varieties, and highlight their potential for comparative linguistic research. The volume can be of interest to all those working on diachronic linguistics, comparative linguistics, contact linguistics, and heritage German varieties.
Keywords Translation strategies • Verb second (V2) • Linguistic island • Multilingualism • OV/VO languages • Language contact • German minorities • German language islands • Walser varieties • Diachronic change • Disharmonic syntax • Language variation • Old High German • Language attrition • Parable of the Prodigal Son • Minority languages • Linguistic islands • Tischlbongarisch • Mòcheno • Languages in diachrony • Saurano • Heritage German • Comparative linguistics • Old High German Diatessaron • German dialectology • Diachronic linguistics • Walser dialects • Saurian • Old Germanic Gospels • Montbret Manuscript • Timavese • Syntax • Language Contact
Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-995-5 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-995-5 | ISBN (PRINT) 979-12-5742-021-5 | Published Feb. 10, 2026 | Language it, en
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