Minority language and institutional writing: Contact and divergence phenomena in Friulian

In this chapter I will present the results of a study carried on a selection of texts written in Friulian: some applications for projects presented by local schools to be financed by the State according to law 482/99. These applications were written both in Italian and in the minority language, as required by the Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione (Ministry of Education). After presenting the problems related to literacy in a minority language, I will analyse contact and divergence phenomena between Friulian and Italian in a selection of the above mentioned applications.