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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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