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Publication details [#44225]

Derhemi, Eda. 2006. Features of dysfunctional attrition in the Arbresh of Piana degli Albanesi. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 178 : 31–53.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

dialect1 | language attitude | language change | language revival | language use

Language as a subject

Arbëresh

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/IJSL/html

Annotation

This paper argues that although the Arbresh dialect of Piana degli Albanesi is undergoing a process of "dysfunctional attrition," it is not necessarily characterized by stigmatization and rejection.