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In the near-native proficiency stage[26], the oral production of L2 and subsequent speakers is slightly different from the native speaker production, phonetically (foreign “accent”[13], [24]), pragmalinguistically and sociopragmatically[16]. The standard Italian language in the Croatian Istra is a minority language of lesser sociolinguistic prestige and reduced domains of usage[7], [14], [21], [23]. Language contact occurs between Italian, the Istrovenetian dialect, the Croatian standard language and the Chakavian...