The paper deals with the linguistic codes used by some socially marginal groups of North Western Italy and South Eastern France. Speakers attitude towards these codes can be very different: there are codes the speakers are very proud of and other codes that produce in their speakers a feeling of shame. The first ones generally show more vitality and are regularly transmitted to the new generations. Among these codes Circus and Funfair slangs represent a very interesting case. In the considered area Circus and Funfair people can have both Italian and Sinti origin. The Italian families use two slangs called respectively Dritto, close to the old Italian criminal slang, and Sinto, a code with Italo-Romance grammar and many Romani loanwords. The features and the use of such codes are discussed in the paper on the basis of some data acquired through field research. Another linguistic code spoken in North Western Italy and South Eastern France and strongly linked with social marginality is Romani. In the considered area three different Romani dialects have been spoken for centuries: notably, Piedmontese Sinti of France, Piedmontese Sinti of Italy and Lombard Sinti. The first two varieties, despite the similar label “Piedmontese Sinti”, are rather different and probably represent the dialects of two Sinti groups that have reached Piedmont in two independent migrations and that have developed a strong link with this area. The vitality of the Romani dialects of North Western Italy is explored and discussed with reference to the diachronic evolution of the linguistic repertoires owned by the different groups of Sinti in the last generations. The current vitality of the Sinti dialects in the area is very different: Lombard Sinti has been transmitted very well to young generations, whereas Piedmontese Sinti appears to be moribund. Interestingly the strong reduction in use and transmission of Piedmontese Sinti seems to be accompanied by the emergence of a Para-Romani like variety, still very little known, that preserves some Romani lexicon, but shows Piedmontese structural features.

Codici storici della marginalità nell'Italia nord-occidentale / A. Scala (LINGUA, CULTURA, TERRITORIO). - In: Lingue e migranti nell'area alpina e subalpina occidentale / [a cura di] M. Del Savio, A. Pons, M. Rivoira. - Prima edizione. - Alessandria : Edizioni dell'Orso, 2019. - ISBN 9788862749886. - pp. 275-287

Codici storici della marginalità nell'Italia nord-occidentale

A. Scala
2019

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The paper deals with the linguistic codes used by some socially marginal groups of North Western Italy and South Eastern France. Speakers attitude towards these codes can be very different: there are codes the speakers are very proud of and other codes that produce in their speakers a feeling of shame. The first ones generally show more vitality and are regularly transmitted to the new generations. Among these codes Circus and Funfair slangs represent a very interesting case. In the considered area Circus and Funfair people can have both Italian and Sinti origin. The Italian families use two slangs called respectively Dritto, close to the old Italian criminal slang, and Sinto, a code with Italo-Romance grammar and many Romani loanwords. The features and the use of such codes are discussed in the paper on the basis of some data acquired through field research. Another linguistic code spoken in North Western Italy and South Eastern France and strongly linked with social marginality is Romani. In the considered area three different Romani dialects have been spoken for centuries: notably, Piedmontese Sinti of France, Piedmontese Sinti of Italy and Lombard Sinti. The first two varieties, despite the similar label “Piedmontese Sinti”, are rather different and probably represent the dialects of two Sinti groups that have reached Piedmont in two independent migrations and that have developed a strong link with this area. The vitality of the Romani dialects of North Western Italy is explored and discussed with reference to the diachronic evolution of the linguistic repertoires owned by the different groups of Sinti in the last generations. The current vitality of the Sinti dialects in the area is very different: Lombard Sinti has been transmitted very well to young generations, whereas Piedmontese Sinti appears to be moribund. Interestingly the strong reduction in use and transmission of Piedmontese Sinti seems to be accompanied by the emergence of a Para-Romani like variety, still very little known, that preserves some Romani lexicon, but shows Piedmontese structural features.
social marginality; italian slang; romani; sinti; para-romani
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2019
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