L’italiano nei linguistic landscapes dell’Austria meridionale: alcune considerazioni

Italian language in the linguistic landscapes of Southern Austria: some remarks Italian is widely used in the linguistic landscape of Klagenfurt am Wörthersee and Graz, though there isn’t a significant presence of Italians. Italian is used not only in the domains of fashion and gastronomy, but also in a wider range of domains, including some subcultures. Besides a wide range of Italian lexical items, one can also find morphological and syntactical patterns. This can be seen as a proof of widespread active and passive Italian language skills in the local population. However, its use in commercial signing has in most cases only a symbolic function, while semantic information is given in German. Keywords: Linguistic landscape, contact Italian, plurilingualism, language skills, Austria