Abete, G./Milano, M./Sornicola, R. (a cura di), Dialettologia e storia: problemi e prospettive. Palermo, Centro di studi filologici e linguistici siciliani. 167-196. , 2021
The aim of the present paper is to reflect on the possible role played by transhumance on the dev... more The aim of the present paper is to reflect on the possible role played by transhumance on the development and maintenance of dialectal boundaries, with specialreference to a dialectological area of Campania known as “Vesuvian-hirpinian corridor”. After having described the main linguistic features of this area and its strong diversity from current Neapolitan, the hypothesis of the influence of transhumance on the origin of the “corridor” is examined. Both oral accounts of the hirpinian transhumant shepherds and historical sources demonstrate the centuries-
old importance of transhumance for the plains of the northern slope of the
Vesuvius which were used as winter pastures by transhumant shepherds. however, linguistic and sociolinguistic considerations argue for a mostly indirect effect of transhumance on the dialects of the “Vesuvian-hirpinian corridor”, that of contributing to the formation of a network of economic and human relationships which allowed the communities from this area to resist the pressures of external models and to develop their particular linguistic physiognomy.
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old importance of transhumance for the plains of the northern slope of the
Vesuvius which were used as winter pastures by transhumant shepherds. however, linguistic and sociolinguistic considerations argue for a mostly indirect effect of transhumance on the dialects of the “Vesuvian-hirpinian corridor”, that of contributing to the formation of a network of economic and human relationships which allowed the communities from this area to resist the pressures of external models and to develop their particular linguistic physiognomy.
Results show that the influence of phonotactic patterns on metathesis is limited to special cases under which this phenomenon tends to regularize.
old importance of transhumance for the plains of the northern slope of the
Vesuvius which were used as winter pastures by transhumant shepherds. however, linguistic and sociolinguistic considerations argue for a mostly indirect effect of transhumance on the dialects of the “Vesuvian-hirpinian corridor”, that of contributing to the formation of a network of economic and human relationships which allowed the communities from this area to resist the pressures of external models and to develop their particular linguistic physiognomy.
Results show that the influence of phonotactic patterns on metathesis is limited to special cases under which this phenomenon tends to regularize.