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The use of standard Croatian, standard Italian and the Fiuman dialect: A case study

Alongside with the traditional Chakavian (Čakavian or Čakavski) dialect, the Fiuman dialect is one of the autochthonous idioms spoken in the city of Rijeka. Since it is a minority language, it could be argued that it is at risk of extinction. Following recent works in the field, which aim at researching the usage and the status of the dialect nowadays, this particular case study aims to observe the everyday speech of multilingual speakers who consider il Fiumano as their mother tongue. The analysis of their dialogues permitted not only to comment on the current usage of this minority language, spoken alongside standard Croatian and standard Italian, but also gave insight into the current state, vitality and possibly the future of this local dialect. The results presented in this thesis contribute to previous research in the field.

standard Croatian, standard Italian, Fiuman dialect, language use

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