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Between traditions and current trends: the future of Neapolitan dialect (based on sociolinguistic survey findings)

1) Alikaeva Zalina Azamatovna 2) Guermanova Natalia Nikolaevna

1) Magister Student at Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy, Torino, alikaeva_zalina@mail.ru 2) Doctor of Science in Philology, Associate Professor, Professor at the Department of General and Comparative Linguistics, Moscow State Linguistic University, Russia, Moscow, nata-germanova@yandex.ru

Abstract

The paper presents the analysis of the results of a 2024 survey with the speakers of the Neapolitan dialect. The initial part of the study focused on the social contexts, in which the Neapolitan dialect is commonly used. The second part was aimed at de-termining how the speakers of this dialect felt about it. The research findings have revealed that at present the Neapolitan dialect has overcome traditional associations with marginality and poverty and turned into a symbol of identity and struggle for the preservation of the cultural identity of the region.

Keywords

Neapolitan dialect; language policy in Italy; domain of use; dialect resurgence; identity.

For citing: Alikaeva Z.A., Guermanova N.N. (2025) Between traditions and current trends: the future of Neapolitan dialect (based on sociolinguistic survey findings). Ethnopsycholinguistics. Moscow. INION RAN.Vol. 3 (22). pp. 24-37. DOI: 10.31249/epl/2025.03.02

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