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Talianizmy v slovenčine a vo svetových jazykoch
Italianisms in Slovak and in World Languages

Author(s): Roman Sehnal
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Lexis
Published by: Jazykovedný ústav Ľudovíta Štúra Slovenskej akadémie vied
Keywords: italianism; pseudoitalianism; loanwords; toponyms; dialect;

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents a lexicographic project of the Italian institution Accademia della Crusca named Osservatorio degli Italianismi nel mondo. The aim of this ambicious lexicographic project is to create a database of Italian words in world languages and to map the state of the Italian language beyond the borders of the Apennine Peninsula. The concrete result of the project is a trilingual dictionary of Italian words in English, German and French. The ambition of the researchers is to extend the dictionary to other languages, including Slovak.

  • Issue Year: 85/2020
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 361-369
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Slovak