{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "771e622c-25f8-4eb3-b0bf-3d51ffe1c782", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## _\"Lingua o Dialetto?\"_ Exploring Perceptions of Regional Italian Languages Over Time\n", "#### _Alex Nisnevich_" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "6e64a46b-649c-48d9-95af-0e304e69f2f6", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "### Introduction\n", "\n", "Despite Italy's linguistic diversity _(see map below)_, it is commonplace within Italy to refer to regional languages as _dialetti_ rather than _lingue_.\n", "\n", "In this notebook, I explore how perceptions of certain languages as \"languages\" rather than \"dialects\" have shifted over time in Italy, using the Google Books Ngrams dataset." ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "ba212a37-9919-4dbb-b28b-1c872cd3e6db", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "
\n", " | ladino | \n", "catalano | \n", "sardo | \n", "occitano | \n", "friulano | \n", "francoprovenzale | \n", "corso | \n", "gallurese | \n", "napoletano | \n", "siciliano | \n", "piemontese | \n", "veneto | \n", "lombardo | \n", "ligure | \n", "romagnolo | \n", "emiliano | \n", "
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year | \n", "\n", " | \n", " | \n", " | \n", " | \n", " | \n", " | \n", " | \n", " | \n", " | \n", " | \n", " | \n", " | \n", " | \n", " | \n", " | \n", " |
2019-12-31 | \n", "23.906890 | \n", "8.417445 | \n", "3.397414 | \n", "2.967767 | \n", "1.945745 | \n", "1.414540 | \n", "0.938032 | \n", "0.501046 | \n", "0.341950 | \n", "0.208703 | \n", "0.200098 | \n", "0.183560 | \n", "0.124801 | \n", "0.103877 | \n", "0.064726 | \n", "0.029644 | \n", "
2018-12-31 | \n", "19.366317 | \n", "8.740618 | \n", "3.556526 | \n", "2.969288 | \n", "1.812227 | \n", "1.388631 | \n", "0.974684 | \n", "0.482339 | \n", "0.315119 | \n", "0.204900 | \n", "0.186516 | \n", "0.175364 | \n", "0.129751 | \n", "0.108192 | \n", "0.061206 | \n", "0.028789 | \n", "
2017-12-31 | \n", "11.876095 | \n", "8.435152 | \n", "3.355716 | \n", "3.147616 | \n", "1.736623 | \n", "1.212346 | \n", "1.032273 | \n", "0.439949 | \n", "0.291326 | \n", "0.199951 | \n", "0.189482 | \n", "0.169451 | \n", "0.131547 | \n", "0.117143 | \n", "0.070209 | \n", "0.028789 | \n", "
2016-12-31 | \n", "7.602609 | \n", "8.391169 | \n", "3.140727 | \n", "3.307540 | \n", "1.526633 | \n", "1.453053 | \n", "0.939851 | \n", "0.265141 | \n", "0.292915 | \n", "0.195641 | \n", "0.184241 | \n", "0.167842 | \n", "0.161374 | \n", "0.126578 | \n", "0.086516 | \n", "0.027983 | \n", "
2015-12-31 | \n", "6.345439 | \n", "10.066546 | \n", "3.543977 | \n", "3.326275 | \n", "1.434849 | \n", "1.274169 | \n", "0.948266 | \n", "0.329044 | \n", "0.264673 | \n", "0.202892 | \n", "0.200479 | \n", "0.155749 | \n", "0.175458 | \n", "0.121912 | \n", "0.109362 | \n", "0.033985 | \n", "
2014-12-31 | \n", "5.282704 | \n", "14.309906 | \n", "3.861320 | \n", "3.572669 | \n", "1.044925 | \n", "1.138002 | \n", "1.098636 | \n", "0.379135 | \n", "0.259421 | \n", "0.199110 | \n", "0.206823 | \n", "0.156655 | \n", "0.198118 | \n", "0.086616 | \n", "0.108494 | \n", "0.034498 | \n", "
2013-12-31 | \n", "4.950201 | \n", "13.595924 | \n", "4.065698 | \n", "3.804810 | \n", "1.105768 | \n", "0.678121 | \n", "1.109242 | \n", "0.476477 | \n", "0.264284 | \n", "0.195723 | \n", "0.223015 | \n", "0.150364 | \n", "0.211927 | \n", "0.079489 | \n", "0.101292 | \n", "0.059365 | \n", "
2012-12-31 | \n", "4.370873 | \n", "13.992523 | \n", "4.698930 | \n", "4.545550 | \n", "1.253029 | \n", "0.848049 | \n", "1.618677 | \n", "0.369246 | \n", "0.270262 | \n", "0.197060 | \n", "0.233513 | \n", "0.167488 | \n", "0.214008 | \n", "0.090818 | \n", "0.098607 | \n", "0.096564 | \n", "
2011-12-31 | \n", "4.077952 | \n", "13.458426 | \n", "4.791814 | \n", "4.091816 | \n", "1.269453 | \n", "1.018049 | \n", "2.030821 | \n", "0.313035 | \n", "0.253672 | \n", "0.209354 | \n", "0.264230 | \n", "0.159488 | \n", "0.245370 | \n", "0.084318 | \n", "0.093631 | \n", "0.104425 | \n", "
2010-12-31 | \n", "3.901403 | \n", "13.477661 | \n", "4.740564 | \n", "3.969073 | \n", "1.269872 | \n", "0.972055 | \n", "2.107102 | \n", "0.326199 | \n", "0.256325 | \n", "0.216853 | \n", "0.257930 | \n", "0.155629 | \n", "0.252984 | \n", "0.075424 | \n", "0.087339 | \n", "0.110728 | \n", "