About the Journal

The journal, whose name is inspired by L'Italia Dialettale, the title of the famous article written by G. I. Ascoli for the Encyclopaedia Britannica (1880; republished in the eighth volume of the Archivio Glottologico Italiano, 1882), was founded in 1924 / 1925 on the initiative of Clemente Merlo, who directed it until he died in 1960. He was succeeded by Tristano Bolelli (from issue 24, 1960-1961) and then by Franco Fanciullo (from issue 65, 2004).

From the very first issues, L'Italia Dialettale became a point of reference both for those interested in the study of the Romance languages spoken in Italy (not only Italo-Romance but also Sardinian, Friulian, Ladin, Gallo-Romance, and Ibero-Romance) and for those interested in the dynamics underlying the historical genesis of Italo-Romance and Romance languages in general, in the transition between Late Latin and the first vernacular testimonies. The journal has not lacked in-depth studies of the allo-Romance varieties of Italy (German, Greek, Albanian; the Judeo-Italian dialects), nor has it lacked linguistic analyses of extra-Italian areas that have remained in contact with Italo-Romance for a long time. Open to different theoretical approaches, the journal publishes works on all aspects of the language (phonology, phonetics, morphology, syntax, without neglecting lexicography and etymological research), and is considered an ideal "bridge" between the more dialectological studies and those of Italian linguistics, without excluding, in recent times, theoretical reflections of a sociolinguistic nature.

Even though L'Italia Dialettale doesn't have a permanent bibliographical section, it has very often published "long" reviews, which go beyond the mere reporting of editorial innovations in the field and analyze in detail the topics under discussion in the scientific community of dialectologists, Romanists and Romance philologists.

The international character of the journal is guaranteed by the presence of an accredited scientific committee and by the inclusion of articles in the main European languages (English, French, German) as well as in Italian.

Indexing: ANVUR Class A / Area 10

Sections: Articles (research articles, peer-reviewed); Editorial; Reviews (long reviews, refereed)

Periodicity: yearly

Embargo open access: 24 months after publication (usually April every year)