Words of the school: quinquemestre / pentamestre, semestre / esamestre

This article examines the words used in the school environment to indicate the school periods of five months (alternative forms quinquemestre and pentamestre) and six months (semestre and esamestre). A presentation of the data concerning the chronology and areal diffusion of these expressions is fol...

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Main Author: Yorick Gomez Gane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bologna 2021-07-01
Series:Italiano a scuola
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Online Access:https://italianoascuola.unibo.it/article/view/12992
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description This article examines the words used in the school environment to indicate the school periods of five months (alternative forms quinquemestre and pentamestre) and six months (semestre and esamestre). A presentation of the data concerning the chronology and areal diffusion of these expressions is followed by an investigation of their origins and a discussion of which words are best suited on the basis of the lexical microsystem to which they belong.
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spelling doaj.art-fcdac59137ab42fbbc00e2a833f9b5702022-12-21T21:59:24ZengUniversity of BolognaItaliano a scuola2704-81282021-07-01318519010.6092/issn.2704-8128/1299211304Words of the school: quinquemestre / pentamestre, semestre / esamestreYorick Gomez Gane0Università della CalabriaThis article examines the words used in the school environment to indicate the school periods of five months (alternative forms quinquemestre and pentamestre) and six months (semestre and esamestre). A presentation of the data concerning the chronology and areal diffusion of these expressions is followed by an investigation of their origins and a discussion of which words are best suited on the basis of the lexical microsystem to which they belong.https://italianoascuola.unibo.it/article/view/12992lessicography and lessicologywords of the school
spellingShingle Yorick Gomez Gane
Words of the school: quinquemestre / pentamestre, semestre / esamestre
Italiano a scuola
lessicography and lessicology
words of the school
title Words of the school: quinquemestre / pentamestre, semestre / esamestre
title_full Words of the school: quinquemestre / pentamestre, semestre / esamestre
title_fullStr Words of the school: quinquemestre / pentamestre, semestre / esamestre
title_full_unstemmed Words of the school: quinquemestre / pentamestre, semestre / esamestre
title_short Words of the school: quinquemestre / pentamestre, semestre / esamestre
title_sort words of the school quinquemestre pentamestre semestre esamestre
topic lessicography and lessicology
words of the school
url https://italianoascuola.unibo.it/article/view/12992
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