Original sentence: The promotion of dialects by some political forces as the Lega Nord may have damaged rather than helped the status of northern dialects.The younger generation speaks almost exclusively standard Italian, usually with some local accent, but rarely in such a way that is a barrier to communication.in movies to provide comic relief or to produce stereotypes: northern dialects can be connected to greedy, narrow-minded merchants; a Roman accent is associated with arrogant, simple-minded bullies; Neapolitan reminds of dishonest, cunning slackers, and, even in Italy, Sicilian is often associated with the mafia
Edited sentence: The promotion of dialects by some political forces as the Lega Nord has damaged rather than helped the status of northern dialects.The younger generation speaks almost exclusively standard Italian, usually with some local accent, but never in such a way that is a barrier to communication.in movies to provide comic relief or to produce stereotypes; northern dialects can be connected to greedy, narrow-minded merchants; Roman accent is associated with arrogant, simple-minded bullies; Neapolitan reminds of dishonest, cunning slackers, and, even in Italy, Sicilian is associated with the mafia