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In her sociolinguistic analysis of Italian author Andrea
Camilleri's prose in the collection of short stories "Un mese con
Montalbano (A Month with Montalbano)," Traci Andrighetti examines
the specific lexical items that comprise the author's depiction of
the regional Italian of Sicily, the socio-economic features of the
characters who speak regional Italian, and the contexts of use of
this variety. Her findings indicate that Camilleri relies on a
mixture of both authentic and inauthentic lexemes to depict
Sicilian Italian, which is spoken by male and female characters who
represent a broad range of ages and occupations. She further
determines that the regionalisms used in the text exaggerate the
criminal aspects of Sicilian society as well as the expressive
quality of this variety, while emphasizing the multicultural makeup
of Italy and the intangible facet of Italianness. Andrighetti
concludes that regional Italian is a complex variety that may enjoy
a wider usage in contemporary Italy than the traditional dialects.
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