Naslov
Vitality and Erosion of Molise Croatian Dialect

Autori
Sujoldžić, Anita

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
15. International Congress of the Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences / Chiarelli, Brunetto - Firenza : München : International Union of the Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, 2003

Skup
15. International Congress of the Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Humankind/Nature Interaction: Past, Present and Future

Mjesto i datum
Firenca, Italija, 05.07.2003. - 12.07.2003

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Pozvano predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
anthropology; language dynamics; language diversity; croatian dialect

Sažetak
A Croatian dialect has been spoken for about 500 years in three villages of the Italian province of Molise, since an emigration from the hinterland of central Dalmatia. Throughout a long period of isolation from other Croatian dialects, in contact with Italian and Molisian dialects, this dialect has changed in many ways, adapting lexical, phonological and morphological features of the languages with which it is in contact. It differs considerably both from the Standard Croatian and the current vernaculars of its ancient homeland representing a challenge for scholars interested in the study of contact-induced linguistic changes and the historical development of Croatian dialects. Spoken today by about 2000-2500 speakers this archaic dialect has been seriously threatened to disappear due to a high rate economic emigration. However, in spite of, until recently, complete lack of institutional support, the language shows a remarkable vitality as the majority of natives of these villages still speak it on a daily basis, transmit it to their children (using Italian for communication with outsiders), and many emigrants continue to speak their language after leaving Molise. The factors of language maintenance and shift are discussed in terms of some acting macro and micro variables including the recently institutionally reinforced ethnic identity.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Etnologija i antropologija

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