Italianism in some Italo-Albanian varieties in Calabria Cover Image

Gli Italianismi nell'arbëresh di albune communità albanofone della calbria
Italianism in some Italo-Albanian varieties in Calabria

Author(s): Emilia Conforti
Subject(s): Language studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Philology
Published by: Univeristeti i Prishtinës, Fakulteti i Filologjisë
Keywords: dialect; lexicon; linguistic code;

Summary/Abstract: Italo-albanian dialect is influenced by Italian language because they are in contact; Italian presence in arbëresh is about lexicon, about syntax and about the information structure.It is historical linguistic minority idioma and it has different varieties with many different characteristics.The Italian influence is substantial but it shows an important link with the original language, in fact, the loans have the Albanian grammatical structure.A new linguistic code was formed.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 35
  • Page Range: 37 - 50
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Italian