Il dialetto nello spazio pubblico di Kyōto: analisi linguistica e metodologia di classificazione del dialetto nel paesaggio linguistico

The present article focuses on the vitality situation of the Kyōto dialect. In particular, it deals with the dialectal scripts that can be seen in the linguistic landscape of Kyōto. The main scope of the research is to attempt a possible classification of the dialectal texts as significant markers of their linguistic vitality: In this sense, “visual” dialects have to be considered indexes of positive social values rather than oral communication tools. The analysis of texts seen in both the private and the public domains leads to a new methodology of classification, applicable to each linguistic variation of Japan, which also reflects pragmatic and socio-linguistic parameters underlying better the vitality situation of the dialects as seen in the urban space.