The Italian Language TodayNew Amsterdam Books, 21 apr 1998 - 272 pagina's Italian as a national spoken language is a new experience for Italians; until very recently it was normal for the majority of the people to speak in a dialect, and Italian was a literary language used only by a minority. The first section of this book provides an outline of the language, and a sketch of the dialects. The authors also describe the formation of the modern standard language in its varieties (regional, social, and occupational). Part two is a reference grammar of contemporary educated Italian, presented in the way it is actually used, rather than according to traditional prescription. The book concentrates on contemporary usage and will enable the reader to understand and use appropriately a wide range of expressions, characterized where necessary according to their level of formality or their regional nature. The illuminating combination of historical perspective and contemporary grammer make this a unique contribution to Italian linguistics, and an invaluable reference book for all students and scholars in the field of Italian. The second edition has been revised throughout to bring it completely up to date. |
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Pagina 14
... Florentine , ought to appear at all in this example . Florentine features , such as initial voiceless affri- cates , as in [ tsio ] , intervocalic voiceless sibilants as in [ kása ] , or syn- tactic doubling as in [ a kkĺsa ] are not ...
... Florentine , ought to appear at all in this example . Florentine features , such as initial voiceless affri- cates , as in [ tsio ] , intervocalic voiceless sibilants as in [ kása ] , or syn- tactic doubling as in [ a kkĺsa ] are not ...
Pagina 16
... Florentine , and it is this which ought to be learnt by foreigners and by Italians . - Cutting across geographical subdivisions ( local varieties of Italian ) there is another set of partitions into different spheres of linguistic usage ...
... Florentine , and it is this which ought to be learnt by foreigners and by Italians . - Cutting across geographical subdivisions ( local varieties of Italian ) there is another set of partitions into different spheres of linguistic usage ...
Pagina 22
... Florentine dialect in which Dante wrote his Comedy became the basis of a national literary language partly through the excellence of the literature written in it during the fourteenth century , partly because of general historical ...
... Florentine dialect in which Dante wrote his Comedy became the basis of a national literary language partly through the excellence of the literature written in it during the fourteenth century , partly because of general historical ...
Pagina 23
... Florentine but has different varieties , and in a dialect , as for example Ruzzante's plays in Old Paduan and Ve- neziano's poetry in Sicilian . From then on literature in Italian followed a path of rhetorical preoccupations , of ...
... Florentine but has different varieties , and in a dialect , as for example Ruzzante's plays in Old Paduan and Ve- neziano's poetry in Sicilian . From then on literature in Italian followed a path of rhetorical preoccupations , of ...
Pagina 24
... Florentine . Manzoni wrote his novel three times , trying as best he could the third time ( 1840 ) to make it conform to contemporary Florentine . He did not fully succeed , partly because his knowledge of Florentine was insufficient ...
... Florentine . Manzoni wrote his novel three times , trying as best he could the third time ( 1840 ) to make it conform to contemporary Florentine . He did not fully succeed , partly because his knowledge of Florentine was insufficient ...
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The Grammar of Italian | 87 |
Short Bibliography | 247 |
Table of main symbols used | 250 |
Index | 251 |
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abbia accent adjective adverb andare arrivato casa chapter clitic clusters common comprate constructions dative definite article detto dictionaries diphthong due penne English examples expressions faccio scrivere fare fatto feminine Florentine forms gerund glielo hanno ho visto imperfect impersonal indicative indirect object infinitive intervocalic Italian language Italy l'ha Latin lettera a Ugo libro lingua italiana linguistic literary main clause mangiato masculine metaphony Milan normally Note noun parlare partire partito past historic past participle person plural person singular phonological preceding preposition present preso pronoun pronunciation proparoxytones province of Bari Puglia purists ragazza refers reflexive scrivere a Ugo scrivere una lettera sentences sentito southern Italy speakers stato stem stressed subjunctive subordinate clause suffixes syllable syntactic doubling take the auxiliary tenses third person tion tive Turin Tuscan unstressed usage varieties of Italian Venetian venire venuto visto scrivere vowel words