Publications

Publication details [#18617]

Rubino, Antonia and Camilla Bettoni. 1996. Emigrazione e comportamento linguistico. Un'indagine sul trilinguismo dei siciliani e dei veneti in Australia. [Emigration and linguistic behavior. An investigation into the use of three languages by Sicilians and Venetians in Australia.] (Sociolinguistica e dialettologia 7). Congedo. 226 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

immigrant | language contact | language loss | language maintenance

Language as a subject

English | Italian | Italian, Sicilian | Italian, Veneto

Annotation

This book deals with linguistic behavior of Italian immigrants in Australia, examining especially the factors determining language maintenance or loss and it contributes to a general theory of language in emigration, as the results are discussed in the light of the existing literature on community languages in Australia and language development of Italian immigrants in several parts of the world, in particular the U.S.A., Canada, Latin America and some European countries.

Reviewed by

Schmid, Stephan. 1999. Review of $Emigrazione e comportamento linguistico. Un'indagine sul trilinguismo dei siciliani e dei veneti in Australia.