Heritage Language nel Contesto Italo-Romeno

This thesis will attempt to address the issue of bilingualism and heritage language in the specific case of the Italian-Romanian context, in order to study how the mother tongue, in this case Romanian, reacts to extended contact with the majority language, i.e. Italian. I will also attempt to emphasise the issue of bilingualism, which is too often called into question due to unfounded preconceptions.

La presente tesi si propone di analizzare e investigare il fenomeno del bilinguismo e dell’Heritage Language nel contesto italo-romeno, ossia come la propria madre lingua reagisca al contatto prolungato con un’altra, in questo caso, quindi, come il romeno si comporti a contatto con l’italiano.