The Identitary Dimension of a Minority Language: The Arbëresh Case in Carmine Abate’s Novel Il ballo tondo Cover Image

Dimensiunea identitară a unei limbi minoritare: cazul arbëresh în romanul Il ballo tondo al lui Carmine Abate
The Identitary Dimension of a Minority Language: The Arbëresh Case in Carmine Abate’s Novel Il ballo tondo

Author(s): Katiuscia Floriani
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Universităţii Vasile Goldiş
Keywords: minority language; arbëresh; multilingualism; identity; langue de minorité; arbëresh; plurilinguisme; identité; limbă minoritară; arbëresh; multilingvism; identitate.

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to study the historical and linguistic evolution of a minority language, the arbëresh, before getting to the analysis of the influence that this language has on the construction of one of Carmine Abate’s novels, Il ballo tondo,the one of the issue of language and of the language registers’ mixture, in short multilingualism as main object of the novel.

  • Issue Year: VII/2011
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 67-78
  • Page Count: 67
  • Language: Italian
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