Comparing dialectal and Italian prosody: the case of Venetian

The case of Venetian

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17469/O2109AISV000003

Keywords:

contact, rhythm, vanishing “l”, “elle evanescente”

Abstract

The following paper aims at setting out a novel methodology in the prosodic comparison between two varieties in contact, the dialect spoken in Venice and the regional Italian spoken in Venice. By deploying a reading task, we compare the rhythmical properties of the two systems and review different metrics. We show that speakers can switch their metrical organization when switching language, but this is sensitive to those segmental processes which differentiate the two systems in contact.

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Published

31-12-2022

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