Regional Italian of Sardinia

The Oxford Handbook of the Italian Language 2026 Book chapter

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Authors: Lucia Molinu, Simone Pisano
DOI: 10.1093/9780191980695.003.0043
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Abstract

Abstract This chapter analyses some features of the regional Italian of Sardinia. After briefly describing Sardinia’s sociolinguistic context, several key phenomena of Sardinian regional Italian (e.g., metaphony, consonantal lengthening, differential object marking, present continuous, word order) are considered. Data analysis shows that the grammatical structures of Sardinian dialects have affected the regional Italian of Sardinia, but these effects may differ along the diastratic and diatopic axes. This study also points out that for certain fields, such as the lexicon, it is not easy to measure the impact of Sardinian dialects on the regional Italian of Sardinia.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Linguistic Variation and Morphology

Publication details

Journal / source
The Oxford Handbook of the Italian Language
Publisher
Oxford University PressOxford
Pages
869–890
Publication date
3 June 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Book chapter