2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9841.2011.00488.x
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Lexical change and language contact: Faetar in Italy and Canada

Abstract: I examine patterns of lexical variation in the homeland varieties of Faetar and Cellese, endangered Francoprovençal dialects spoken in two villages in southern Italy, and in Toronto, one of their largestémigré communities. While lexical change due to borrowing has been in progress for some time in Faetar and Cellese, cross-generational and diatopic comparisons within a sample of 80 speakers surprisingly indicate that the lexicon is currently quite stable. The lack of systematic patterns of differentiation acro… Show more

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“…Faetar is a Francoprovençal variety spoken in Faeto and Celle, two villages in the Foggia region of Apulia in Italy, as a result of migration from a FP-speaking region of France in about the fourteenth century (see Zulato et al [this issue] on Faetar's ethnolinguistic vitality, demographics and revitalization efforts). Faetar has a variable phonology and lexicon in which FP-origin forms compete with cognate forms more characteristic of surrounding Italian varieties (Nagy and Reynolds 1997;Nagy 2011a). After examining the variability in the variety spoken in Apulia, we examine data from speakers living in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada (hereafter, Toronto), the largest group of diaspora Faetar speakers.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Faetar is a Francoprovençal variety spoken in Faeto and Celle, two villages in the Foggia region of Apulia in Italy, as a result of migration from a FP-speaking region of France in about the fourteenth century (see Zulato et al [this issue] on Faetar's ethnolinguistic vitality, demographics and revitalization efforts). Faetar has a variable phonology and lexicon in which FP-origin forms compete with cognate forms more characteristic of surrounding Italian varieties (Nagy and Reynolds 1997;Nagy 2011a). After examining the variability in the variety spoken in Apulia, we examine data from speakers living in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada (hereafter, Toronto), the largest group of diaspora Faetar speakers.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We are aware of Hinzelin (this issue), Nagy et al (this issue), and Nagy (2011). Recent studies are listed at: http://projects.chass.utoronto.ca/ngn/HLVC/1_8_refs_FP.php.…”
Section: Measuring Vitalitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Martin (1990) and Tuaillon (1993) report that between 120,000 and 200,000 speakers are thought to exist. FP is also maintained by diasporic communities in the USA and Canada, though numbers are significantly smaller than in Europe (Nagy 2011;Zulato et al this issue). This original collection of articles is significant in that contributions describe and compare FP in all these countries.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 97%