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Analisi e linee guida di politica linguistica

2 January 2024

Three Days of Data Collection in Luserna: Some Considerations from a (Socio-) Linguistic Perspective

From July 24th to 27th, 2023, I went to Luserna on behalf of the Trentino unit of the PRIN project AlpiLink (Alpine Languages in Contact) to […]

18 September 2023

Language Vitality and Digital Games

One important consideration in measuring language vitality is the “response to new domains and media”. The adoption of new technologies can indeed potentially reverse language decline […]

9 February 2023

Among the Cimbrians: New Speakers

I leave work and begin my journey back home. A car slowly overtakes me and I hear a clear and loud “I grüazte” from the open […]

6 July 2022

Bilingualism in the Family

Benefits of early bilingualism Acquiring bilingualism from early childhood offers many benefits for those naturally exposed to two (and sometimes even three) languages from an early […]

24 May 2022

The Mother Tongue

One of the initial questions posed in the CLaM 2021 sociolinguistic survey questionnaire is: Which language do you identify as your mother tongue?

24 May 2022

Surveyors Share Their Insights

“I believe the situation of the Ladin language is becoming difficult as it is gradually being absorbed by Italian. For example, there is no longer a […]