The papers in this volume address the interplay of factors underlying the formation of intermediate varieties in the ‘dialect-standard’ landscape of present-day Europe. Research is presented on varieties of several different languages (Norwegian, Dutch, German, Italian, Spanish, Greek), on speech… read more
The case of Heritage Piedmontese in Argentina has received little attention thus far from the scientific community. Moreover, while most contributions have concentrated either on sociological aspects of language maintenance and language shift or on the outcomes of contact with Spanish, contact… read more
This paper provides an overview of ongoing processes of convergence in the Italian language. It focuses on regional varieties of Italian, which essentially are the result of the so-called dialectalisation of the standard language and are nowadays affected by extensive processes of vertical and… read more
This paper deals with the selection of morphosyntactic features in Italo-Romance. Firstly, a brief overview will be provided of the language space between traditional dialects and the standard variety of Italian, with particular emphasis on how this space is shaped differently across… read more
The paper is inspired by the theoretical framework provided by Auer’s (2005) typology of “dialect/standard constellations”, which aims to detect common dynamics in the current processes of dialect/standard convergence in Europe. Some adjustments to Auer’s proposal will be suggested to better suit… read more
