Please choose one of the prompts below and compose a final work in response based on your understanding of the lectures and readings in our course.
Requirements:
1200-2000 words (4-7 pages), double-spaced, and uploaded as a Word/Pages document
works cited in MLA, Chicago, or APA style (your choice), minimum of two sources
Linguist Uriel Weinreich famously noted that a language is a dialect with an army. Drawing on the lectures and readings from our course, what is the relationship between language and dialect in Italy? Then choose an example of an Italian dialect and explain how that dialect has given shape to local, regional, and national identity (or identities). How has this dialect changed over time? Why and how has this dialect been important to Italian history and culture? What is its relationship to the Italian language? To other languages?
