Il dialetto di Leporano (TA): un confronto tra un’inchiesta dialettale recente e l’inchiesta della Carta dei Dialetti Italiani

The dialect of Leporano (Taranto) is described by local authors and has been recorded between the dialects of the CDI survey of 1966-69. This paper explores the possibility of a matching with nowadays linguistic conditions as documented by recent enquiries. The main informant, now retired, has always been engaged in activities of reversing language shift. He has been recorded on the basis of a specific phonetic questionnaire and provided solid cues of preservation of this dialect as compared to recordings of the previous enquiry.