Language Variation in Fifteenth- Century Milan: Evidence of Koineization in the Letters (1397-1402) of the Milanese Merchant Giovanni da Pessano.
The main tendency characterizing the evolution of the vernacular in Lombardy during the late Middle Ages is the formation of a koinè. At the same time, histories of the vernacular in Lombardy have identified texts that have maintained a strong adherence to local forms of language whilst koineization...
| Publicado en: | Italian Studies Vol. 68; no. 1; pp. 57 - 78 |
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