This chapter seeks to define the very notion of the ‘Italian language’. What phonological, morphological, syntactic, and lexical characteristics differentiate Italian from other languages and from so-called ‘Italian dialects’? To what extent can Italian be identified with the Tuscan, and more specifically with the Florentine, dialect? What is the earliest written evidence for Italian? When, and under what circumstances, did Italian become distinct from Tuscan/Florentine?

(2026). Defining Italian . Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10446/281651

Defining Italian

Ledgeway, Adam;
2026-01-01

Abstract

This chapter seeks to define the very notion of the ‘Italian language’. What phonological, morphological, syntactic, and lexical characteristics differentiate Italian from other languages and from so-called ‘Italian dialects’? To what extent can Italian be identified with the Tuscan, and more specifically with the Florentine, dialect? What is the earliest written evidence for Italian? When, and under what circumstances, did Italian become distinct from Tuscan/Florentine?
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Inglese
2024
2026
The Oxford Handbook of the Italian Language
Ledgeway, Adam; Maiden, Martin
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9780192885210
9780191980695
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59
United Kingdom
Oxford
Oxford University Press
Settore FLMR-01/B - Filologia e linguistica romanza
Settore LIFI-01/A - Linguistica italiana
Settore GLOT-01/A - Glottologia e linguistica
Italian language; Italian linguistics; History of Italian language; dialects of Italy; early texts; phonology; phonetics; morphology; syntax; lexis; Italian philology; Tuscan; language change; Latin; diglossia
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