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Suspended Identity; or, Linguistic Forms of Exploration and Expressing National Identity on the Example of the Italian Language
Author(s): Katarzyna Kwapisz-OsadnikSubject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, History and theory of political science, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Nationalism Studies, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: national identity; local identity; linguistic indicators of identity; Italian
Summary/Abstract: Katarzyna Kwapisz-Osadnik’s article is a reflection on Italian identity in the context of united Italy and the standardization of the Italian language. The purpose of the analysis of the linguistic exponents of expressing the subject of an utterance as a part of the research on subjectivity and the linguistic image of the world is to reveal the very essence of contemporary Italian national identity. The research corpus consists of both Internet portals, where users spontaneously express themselves and shift between their Italian and local selves (i.e., between I Italian and I Piedmontese), and online press texts addressed to all Italians and aiming to verify the Italian identity. The analysis shows that Italian identity remains suspended in favor of local identities immersed in the distinct regional histories and cultures and in the various languages.
Journal: Fabrica Litterarum Polono-Italica
- Issue Year: 6/2023
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 1-20
- Page Count: 20
- Language: Polish