SOLUZIONI LEGALI O SCELTA LIBERA: QUALE POLITICA ADOTTARE VERSO GLI ANGLICISMI NELL’ITALIANO CONTEMPORANEO?
SOLUZIONI LEGALI O SCELTA LIBERA: QUALE POLITICA ADOTTARE VERSO GLI ANGLICISMI NELL’ITALIANO CONTEMPORANEO? LEGAL SOLUTIONS OR FREE CHOICE: WHAT POLICY SHOULD BE ADOPTED TOWARDS ANGLICISMS IN CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN

Summary/Abstract: Abstract: In contemporary Italian; just like in other languages; numerous english words are used. They are particularly frequent in the terminology of some branches of science; such as computer science; as well as in the language of young people. In this article; we discuss the issue of an appropriate policy to adopt towards these foreign lexical items. Different approaches to the problem are presented: the liberal approach; in which linguists should only describe linguistic realities rather than prescribe the “right” choices; the conscious approach; in which every speaker of Italian should reflect on his or her lexical choices; and the most radical approach; in which some official solutions are to be introduced. One of these solutions is the project of the Consiglio Superiore della Lingua Italiana; whose task would be to protect the Italian language against loanwords of english origin.

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