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GLI STUDI SUI DIALETTI WALSER IN ITALIA: BILANCIO E PROSPETTIVE<br />

<strong>the</strong> G. D’Annunzio University in Pescara. Follows a list <strong>of</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r dissertations made possible by<br />

<strong>the</strong> availability <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se materials. It is little wonder <strong>the</strong>se Walser dialects, in spite <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> paucity<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir speakers, cling stubbornly on to life. <strong>The</strong>y have shown an aptitude for survival which<br />

is truly amazing. <strong>The</strong>ir vocabulary, greatly enriched by loans and new creations, shows both<br />

integration tendencies and autonomous resources. A faucet is called in <strong>four</strong> different ways in<br />

as many communities. And so many o<strong>the</strong>r objects. Much more work re<strong>main</strong>s to be carried out<br />

about <strong>the</strong> characteristics and peculiarities <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se Germanic dialects.<br />

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