How emotions are expressed during the change of code from Italian to dialect in the Talamonese community Cover Image

Come si esprimono le emozioni durante il cambio di codice dall’italiano al dialetto nella comunità talamonese
How emotions are expressed during the change of code from Italian to dialect in the Talamonese community

Author(s): Dominika Dykta
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Dialect; emotions; change of code; Italian language;sociolinguistic;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to show how Italians express their emotions when changing the code from Italian to dialect on the example of the Talamona’s dialect. At the beginning, it was presented what emotions are and in which categories they should be considered, the specificity of the Talamona’s dialect and what the change of code is. The theory is supported by examples of change of code from Italian to dialect. The result of the work is to show that the respondents from Talamona very often change the code from Italian to dialect due to their emotionality. The article introduces the concept of change of code and shows how emotionality affects it.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 33
  • Page Range: 1-18
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Italian