Naslov
Linguistic and social-identity aspects of code-switching: The case of Zadar's speakers of the Venetian dialect

Autori
Škevin, Ivana ; Jazidžija, Antonia

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
Applied Linguistics Research and Methodology. Proceedings from the 2015 CALS conference.

Urednik/ci
Cergol Kovačević, Kristina ; Udier, Sanda Lucija

Izdavač
Peter Lang

Grad
Frankfurt

Godina
2017

Raspon stranica
225-240

ISBN
978-3-631-71723-3

Ključne riječi
Zadar, Venetian dialect, Croatian, Italian, code-switching, social identity, linguistic identity

Sažetak
In the last few decades, studies on code-switching (CS) have argued that this phenomenon should be considered first and foremost from a sociolinguistic perspective, that is, with the view that language behaviour and use are related to speakers’ social and cultural identity and characteristics, or to aspects of their social life in the broad sense (Bullock and Toribio 2009). Accordingly, the present research is based on recorded interviews conducted with speakers of Zadar's Venetian dialect (Zaratino) which reveal CS between Italian, Venetian, and Croatian-Čakavian. The hypothesis is that speakers switch codes to stress their bilingual identity and their being part of a speech and social community that was typical and at its strongest in the mid-twentieth century, whereas today it has been reduced to a limited number of bilingual speakers. The study confirms our initial hypothesis, that the speakers switch codes between Italian and Croatian to project their bilingual identity, but it also shows that speakers project their identity mostly through we-codes i.e., the unmarked Italian/Venetian CS or Italian monolingual speech.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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