La traduzione ottocentesca della Parabola del Figliol Prodigo in mòcheno
Analisi sintattica e confronto con le varietà contemporanee
Abstract
This paper offers a syntactic analysis of the nineteenth-century translation of the Parable of the Prodigal Son in the Germanic variety Mòcheno spoken in the Fersina valley in Trentino, showing that the syntax of the text is strikingly close, though not identical, to that of present-day varieties. This result, which is in line with the relative conservativity of the text at the phonological and morphological levels, speaks in favour of the idea that the specific features of Mòcheno syntax have been in place for a long time and are not the result of recent contact with Romance, but rather conservative features of older Germanic and Old Italian varieties.
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Submitted: Oct. 21, 2025 | Accepted: Nov. 17, 2025 | Published Feb. 10, 2026 | Language: it
Keywords Language variation • Disharmonic syntax • Montbret Manuscript • Linguistic island • Diachronic change
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