This article provides an insight into the complex issue of producing the first edition of the dictionary of Valoc’ – a variety of Lombard spoken in Val Masino, lower Valtellina (northern Italy). This new lexicographic project was initiated in 2017 and is called Vocabolär del Valoc’ de la Val Mäśen – VVV [Vocabulary of Valoc’ of Val Masino]. Our research team works on the material of an unpublished dictionary based on interviews collected in the 1960s and 1970s. Our methodological approach is both that of dialectology and sociolinguistics as we complement our study with observations and interviews among Valoc’ speakers of different ages, genders and occupations, to see how it is still used today. Moreover, our approach allowed us to observe the process of the transmission of Valoc’ from one generation to another as well as some discourses among speakers on its uses. In conclusion, this contribution brings us to reflect on how the new “global” society may influence the process of transmission of this endangered language which needs to be revitalised. Interventions at primary and secondary school have been offered in order to introduce Valoc’ as a language of everyday communication and not only as the “dialect” of pupils’ grandparents. We examine the importance of developing a dictionary in order to promote a norm of reference in writing as a way to preserve Valoc’ for the future.
Questo contributo si basa su un progetto lessicografico e fornisce informazioni importanti sulla promozione del Valoc ’, un dialetto a rischio di estinzione parlato in Val Masino (Lombardia, Italia). Lo scopo del progetto VVV è sviluppare il nuovo dizionario, basato sulla ricerca antropologica e dialettologica. Grazie al nostro approccio metodologico ci proponiamo di osservare le pratiche del Valoc ', la sua trasmissione da una generazione all'altra e discorsi che sostengono principalmente le ideologie in relazione alle pratiche linguistiche e all'identità. In questo lavoro, vorremmo presentare il contesto, descritto da un punto di vista linguistico e sociolinguistico, concentrandoci sull'importanza di promuovere il Valoc ’attraverso lezioni, conferenze, il dizionario e i social network. Infatti, grazie alla nostra pagina sui social network, è stato possibile osservare l'evoluzione del linguaggio e analizzare il modo in cui i parlanti affrontano l'esercizio della scrittura.
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