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The Friulian language : identity, migration, culture /

Are minor languages the lifeblood of cherished local identities or just passports with restricted validity, serving no purpose in today's transnational, global world? Italy's north-eastern region of Friuli is a case in point: in this area, around half a million people speak Friulian, a Rom...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Mucignat, Rosa
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Are minor languages the lifeblood of cherished local identities or just passports with restricted validity, serving no purpose in today's transnational, global world? Italy's north-eastern region of Friuli is a case in point: in this area, around half a million people speak Friulian, a Romance language of the Rhaeto-Romance family, which is attested to in written texts since 1150 and acquired official minority language status in 1999. Geographically and politically off-centre, Friuli remained ...
Notas:Papers from a conference held at the Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies of the University of London.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxii, 197 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781443861021
1443861022