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more widespread becomes what is being
called angliano (in France, franglais).
In 1988, Jana Vizmuller-Zocco from York
University in Toronto, conducted a survey
on the Sicilian dialect, from a sociolinguistic
perspective, interviewing 60 poets residing
in the island:
With the exception of only one poet,
dialect was considered the mother tongue,
and Italian became dominant once they
entered the work force. Moreover, the
authors either alternate dialect and Italian
within the family circle or use Italian.
Without exception, they do not use Sicilian
with their children, with the result that, at
least by the acknowledgment of a few of
them, their children do not understand their
poetry. Another person related that his
daughter, now twenty-four, is showing great
interest in all things Sicilian, including the