THE DIALECTOLOGICAL ATLAS OF ALBANIAN LANGUAGE - SHARED ELEMENTS WITH ROMANIAN
THE DIALECTOLOGICAL ATLAS OF ALBANIAN LANGUAGE - SHARED ELEMENTS WITH ROMANIAN

Summary/Abstract: In 2007 and 2008, the first two volumes of the Albanian Language Atlas were published at the Institute of Linguistics and Literature of the Albanian Academy of Sciences in Tirana. It was a work by a group of professors from the University of Tirana: Jorgji Gjinari, Bahri Beci, Gjovalin Shkurtaj and Xheladin Gosturani; with the collaboration of Anastas Dodi and Menella Totoni. J. Gjinari coordinated the preparatory work the development of the language atlas. He is also the author of the data-rich introduction. This study (published in Albanian and Italian) points out the general problems of Albanian dialectology, provides insights on the history of the preliminary research done for the atlas Atlas, on the preparation and organization of research, on material classification and maps editing. Indeed, the Atlas begins with an Introduction by Mahir Domi, an older generation albanologist, who has always supported since the middle of the last century, just like Eqrem Çabej and Al. Xhuvani, the attempt of young linguists to observe all the dialectal provinces of the country.

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