FEATURES OF ITALIANO NEOSTANDARD IN TEXTS OF UMBERTO ECO

Abstract

The article is dedicated to identifying features of the new norm of the Italian language Italiano dell’uso medio in the texts of the Italian writer and thinker Umberto Eco. The main content of the article is an analysis of three texts by Umberto Eco: a collection of journalistic notes La bustina di Minerva and two works of fiction – the novel Il nome della rosa and Numero Zero. Based on the works of Russian and Italian linguists, the author gives a list of features most characteristic of the new norm. Further, using quantitative analysis methods, the features of the new and old norm (Italiano Standard) are identified, where possible, their quantitative presence is compared. As a result of the analysis, it became obvious that Umberto Eco used both norms, but the closer to modernity, the more the characteristics of Italiano dell’uso medio prevail.