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  • Life & People

    Margherita Oggero's L'amica americana

    Traci Andrighetti(May 01, 2014)
    An Italian-American intrigue, Piedmontese-style. Because L’amica americana is set in Turin, the language of the novel contains dialect and regional Italian specific to Piedmont as well as terms from other regions, including Lombardy, Veneto and Campania.
  • Events: Reports

    Lingue Migranti: a Dialectic on the Languages of Italy

    Maya Paula(April 20, 2013)
    To anyone who does not know Italian, the language exists as an abstract fusion of a romantic ideal of the standard Tuscan dialect and stereotypical ideas of southern Italy and Italian-Americans that derive from representations in pop culture. The objective of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute’s three-day conference is to provide a complete look at every aspect the Italian language puzzle and its many divergent influences.