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Title: Language contact, variation and change across the Italian communities of Bedford, Peterborough and Loughborough in the post-Brexit era
Authors: Guzzo, Siria
Keywords: Language contact;Anglo-Italian communities in the UK;Sociolinguistic variationist analysis;Ethnographic survey;Identity perception;Heritage community;Migration
Issue Date: 2023
Publisher: Roma: Carocci
Citation: Guzzo, Siria. "Language contact, variation and change across the Italian communities of Bedford, Peterborough and Loughborough in the post-Brexit era". «Testi e linguaggi» 17 (2023): 208-230. [Studi monografici Language contact, variation and change across borders: diasporas, mobility, barriers]
Abstract: In the wake of previous research about the Italians in the uk (Balirano & Guzzo, 2011; Guzzo, 2014; Di Salvo, 2012), the present contribution investigates the multi-layered relationship between migration, identity and linguistic diversity in England and starts questioning the complexities of self- and otheridentification as well as belonging of members of a heritage community in the uk in light of a more overt rise of anti-immigration sentiments since the eu referendum. The analysis draws upon a corpus consisting of a set of 12 ethnographic interviews, collected by means of audio recording as well as qualitative data elicited by means of a questionnaire survey distributed to second and third generation Anglo Italians of Bedford, Peterborough and Loughborough from July to December 2017. Data are analyzed by using a combination of variationist sociolinguistics and deductive content analysis; comparable data from previous research are used to contrast the present corpus. The findings provide mixed and multi-layered behaviors which act as a reflection of their identity construction as well as throw light on their level of integration.
URI: http://elea.unisa.it/xmlui/handle/10556/6910
http://dx.doi.org/10.14273/unisa-4969
ISBN: 978-88-290-1959-5
ISSN: 1974-2886
Appears in Collections:Testi e linguaggi. Volume 17 (2023)

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