Chapter published in:
Contested Languages: The hidden multilingualism of EuropeEdited by Marco Tamburelli and Mauro Tosco
[Studies in World Language Problems 8] 2021
► pp. 199–207
Teaching Piedmontese
A challenge?
Nicola Duberti | University of Turin
Mauro Tosco | University of Turin
Until 2015, Piedmontese, an endangered and contested language spoken in the homonymous region of northwest Italy, had never before been taught in a university context, at least in Italy. After discussing the complex (and still unsettled) juridical status of Piedmontese, the chapter traces the teaching history of this minority language in both schools and universities, and focuses in particular on a still ongoing project at the University of Turin. The chapter further addresses the special requirements of language courses for contested languages, and offers a few suggestions on the basis of the project’s preliminary results.
Published online: 21 January 2021
https://doi.org/10.1075/wlp.8.11dub
https://doi.org/10.1075/wlp.8.11dub
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