ABSTRACT

This book makes accessible the major structural features of the dialects of Italy and emphasises the importance of a detailed understanding of the dialects for issues in general linguistic theory. Selected contents include:
* Phonology
* Morphology
* Syntax
* Lexis
* The Dialect Areas * Sociolinguistics of Dialects
Contributors: Paola Benica; Gaetano Berruto; Guglielmo Cinque; Michela Cennamo; Patrizia Cordin; Thamas Cravens; Marie-Jose Dalbera Stefanaggi; Franco Fanciullo; Werner Forner; Luciano Giannelli; John Hajek; Hermann Haller; Robert Hastings; Michael Jones; Michele Loporcaro; Martin Maiden; Marco Mazzoleni; Zarko Miljacic; Mair Parry; Cecilia Poletto; Lorenzo Renzi; Lori Repetti; Giovanni Ruffino; Giampaolo Salvi; Glauco Sanga; Leonardo Savoia; Alberto Sobrero; Rosanna Sornicola; Tullio Telmon; John Trumper; Edward Tuttle; Alberto Valvaro; Laura Vanelli; Ugo Vignuzzi; Nigel Vincent; Irene Vogel.

part I|217 pages

Structures

chapter 1|8 pages

Vowel systems

chapter 2|11 pages

Metaphony

chapter 3|6 pages

Palatalization

chapter 6|6 pages

The syllable

chapter 7|10 pages

Prosodie phonology

chapter 11|7 pages

Synthetic and analytic structures

chapter 14|8 pages

Sentence word order

chapter 15|6 pages

Conjunctions

chapter 16|8 pages

Pronominal syntax

chapter 18|9 pages

The structure of the noun phrase

chapter 19|8 pages

Complementation

chapter 20|7 pages

Negation

chapter 21|4 pages

Quantifiers

chapter 22|12 pages

Relative clauses

chapter 24|6 pages

Prepositions

chapter 25|8 pages

Lexical and semantic variation

part II|12 pages

The dialect areas

part |60 pages

Dialects of the north

chapter 27|8 pages

Piedmont

chapter 28|8 pages

Liguria

chapter 29|7 pages

Lombardy

chapter 30|3 pages

Trentino

chapter 31|8 pages

The Veneto

chapter 32|8 pages

Emilia–Romagna

chapter 33|7 pages

Friuli

chapter 34|9 pages

Ladin

part |90 pages

Dialects of the centre and south

chapter 35|6 pages

Tuscany

chapter 36|8 pages

Corsica

chapter 37|10 pages

Lazio, Umbria and the Marche

chapter 38|9 pages

Abruzzo and Molise

chapter 39|8 pages

Campania

chapter 40|11 pages

Puglia and Salento

chapter 41|6 pages

Basilicata

chapter 42|10 pages

Calabria and southern Basilicata

chapter 43|11 pages

Sicily

chapter 44|9 pages

Sardinia

part III|34 pages

Sociolinguistics