Italy has a rich natural heritage, which is dangerously under pressure. In recent years, there is an increased awareness of the crucial role of plants in ecosystem functioning and in providing ecosystem services. Consequently, an updated Red List of the Italian vascular flora was compiled in this work, at the request of the Ministry for Environment, Land and Sea Protection, with the scientific support of the Italian Botanical Society.
Within the more general topic of linguistic representations of identity, the issue of “identity in the repertoire” deserves special attention. Closely related to this subject is the study of the manifold chronological/typological aspects of language contact. Indeed, language contact over time may affect, also in a profound way, the repertoire of every speech community involved, from phonology to lexicon, according to an increasing level of interference.
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