The Italian Language TodayRoutledge, 5 nov 2013 - 260 pagina's 'a truly authoritative short Italian grammar ... possibly the best concise account now available in any language' - The Times Literary Supplement 'a stimulating and scholarly introduction to Italian for the serious student. It contains a great deal of original material and the authors' unequivocal attitudes to the linguistic reality of modern Italy...make it important that it should be read and discussed by Italianists everywhere' - The Times Higher Education Supplement 'a major new contribution to the literature in English...it will be an essential part of the linguistic formation of every Italianist' - The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies Recently revised to bring it completed up-to-date, this book remains a unique source on the Italian language as it is actually spoken and written in Italy. The combination of historical perspective and contemporary grammar make it particularly useful for Italian linguistics. |
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Pagina 3
... word order 2 The use of the article 3 Evaluative suffixes 4 Compound and juxtaposed nouns 11 19 41 62 89 89 95 102 103 105 108 112 114 115 122 123 126 127 128 130 133 161 161 164 176 183 Position of adjectives Agreement of adjectives ...
... word order 2 The use of the article 3 Evaluative suffixes 4 Compound and juxtaposed nouns 11 19 41 62 89 89 95 102 103 105 108 112 114 115 122 123 126 127 128 130 133 161 161 164 176 183 Position of adjectives Agreement of adjectives ...
Pagina 12
... words, and by comparing the changes incorporated in successive editions. This dictionary was meant to be descriptive rather than prescriptive, although it is often used as a model to which foreigners and, when uncertain, some native ...
... words, and by comparing the changes incorporated in successive editions. This dictionary was meant to be descriptive rather than prescriptive, although it is often used as a model to which foreigners and, when uncertain, some native ...
Pagina 14
... words of one and the same utterance may have been chosen from different varieties. These varieties are more easily definable in terms of the speakers' ling— uistic situation than in terms of sets to which particular sentences-or words ...
... words of one and the same utterance may have been chosen from different varieties. These varieties are more easily definable in terms of the speakers' ling— uistic situation than in terms of sets to which particular sentences-or words ...
Pagina 15
... word may become [arda] and [fda] in both, and may appear as [éra] and even [a:] in the dialect. Within the dialect one finds, with decreasing degrees of formality [ande], [tide], [dc], and [tie] for 'go!'. A narrower transcription would ...
... word may become [arda] and [fda] in both, and may appear as [éra] and even [a:] in the dialect. Within the dialect one finds, with decreasing degrees of formality [ande], [tide], [dc], and [tie] for 'go!'. A narrower transcription would ...
Pagina 17
... words and dialectalisms. They have however been among the most important factors in spreading knowledge of Italian. Rather than the use of foreign or dialect words, which may enliven their language, it is their adherence to heavy and ...
... words and dialectalisms. They have however been among the most important factors in spreading knowledge of Italian. Rather than the use of foreign or dialect words, which may enliven their language, it is their adherence to heavy and ...
Inhoudsopgave
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Part Two The Grammar of Italian | 87 |
Short Bibliography | 247 |
Table of main symbols used | 250 |
Subject Index | 251 |
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abbia acceptable accusative adjective adverb andare arrivato casa chapter clitic clusters common comprate constructions corresponds dative definite article detto diphthong due penne English examples expressions faccio scrivere fare feminine Florentine forms gender gerund grammar hanno imperfect impersonal indirect object infinitive intervocalic Italian dialects Italian language Italy letter libro Ligurian lingua linguistic main clause main verb mangiato masculine meaning metaphony Milan national language Neapolitan normally northern Note noun palatal parlare partire passive past historic past participle person plural person singular phonological preceding predicate preposition preso pronoun pronunciation proparoxytones province of Bari Puglia purists ragazza refers reflexive scrivere a Ugo scrivere una lettera sentences sentito southern Italy speakers speech spelling stressed subjunctive subordinate clause suffixes syllable syntactic doubling take the auxiliary third person tion tive Tuscan unstressed usage varieties of Italian Venetian venire venuto vista scrivere visto vowel words