How American films have changed Italian
What is it about?
In Italy, over 80% of all audiovisual products are imported from the US and, although a small minority makes use of subtitling or voice-over as the preferred translation technique, today dubbing remains the most widely used translation format. In this paper, we analyse the construction 'grazie per' (to thank for) as opposed to its historical variant 'grazie di' (to thank for). We have shown that in contemporary Italian, there has been an increase in the use of constructions with 'per' and that there are strong positive correlations with an influence from the English thanks/to thank for.
Why is it important?
Because the paper validates unsubstantiated claims previously made by a number of authors, the manuscript crucially creates a paradigm for future studies on the investigation of Italian language change and Italian in contact with English.