The Dialects of Italy [Hardcover]

This book makes accessible the major structural features of the dialects of Italy and emphasises the importance of a detailed understanding of the dialects for issues in general linguistic theory. Selected contents include:
* Phonology
* Morphology
* Syntax
* Lexis
* The Dialect Areas * Sociolinguistics of Dialects
Contributors: Paola Benica; Gaetano Berruto; Guglielmo Cinque; Michela Cennamo; Patrizia Cordin; Thamas Cravens; Marie-Jose Dalbera Stefanaggi; Franco Fanciullo; Werner Forner; Luciano Giannelli; John Hajek; Hermann Haller; Robert Hastings; Michael Jones; Michele Loporcaro; Martin Maiden; Marco Mazzoleni; Zarko Miljacic; Mair Parry; Cecilia Poletto; Lorenzo Renzi; Lori Repetti; Giovanni Ruffino; Giampaolo Salvi; Glauco Sanga; Leonardo Savoia; Alberto Sobrero; Rosanna Sornicola; Tullio Telmon; John Trumper; Edward Tuttle; Alberto Valvaro; Laura Vanelli; Ugo Vignuzzi; Nigel Vincent; Irene Vogel.This book makes accessible the major structural features of the dialects of Italy and emphasises the importance of a detailed understanding of the dialects for issues in general linguistic theory.'... such a well thought out and carefully executed collection, which does more than just fill a gap in the literature in English: it occupies a first-rank place among the best reference works on Italian dialectology in any language.' - Giulio LepschyDr Martin Maiden, Martin Maiden, Mair ParryIntroduction by the editors; I: Structures; 1: Vowel systems; 2: Metaphony; 3: Palatalization; 4: Consonantal weakening; 5: Lengthening and raddoppiament fonosintattico; 6: The syllable; 7: Prosodie phonology; 8: Inflectional morphology of the noun and adjective; 9: Inflectional morphology of the verb; 10: Tense, mood and aspect in the verb; 11: Synthetic and analytic structures; 12: Personal pronouns and demonstratives; 13: Word structure and word formation; 14: Sentence wlÓ(