Publications

Publication details [#55019]

Guerini, Federica. 2011. Language policy and ideology in Italy. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 2011 (210) : 109–126.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

ecolinguistics | ideology | language policy | language use | standard1 vs. dialect2

Language as a subject

Italian

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This study explores language policy and ideology in contemporary Italy, employing a domain approach. The process of “Italianization”, directed at the extirpation of Italo-Romance dialects as elements of political division, will be designated as a key aspect in the nation's linguistic ecology.