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 8
... expressions and to select those which are most suitable for them to use , in speech or writing . Where neces- sary we have characterized certain usages as formal or informal , colloquial or literary , or typical of certain parts of the ...
... expressions and to select those which are most suitable for them to use , in speech or writing . Where neces- sary we have characterized certain usages as formal or informal , colloquial or literary , or typical of certain parts of the ...
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... expressions , learnt from sports commentators . As well as the sports pages in ordinary news- papers , Italy has the privilege of having as many as four dailies devoted entirely to sport . Readers often seem not to realize that the ...
... expressions , learnt from sports commentators . As well as the sports pages in ordinary news- papers , Italy has the privilege of having as many as four dailies devoted entirely to sport . Readers often seem not to realize that the ...
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... expressions is suppressed in favour of a limited and dull inventory of stereotypes , a false idiom which Italo Calvino has called an ' antilanguage ' , and has exemplified as follows . This is what a witness might say : Stamattina ...
... expressions is suppressed in favour of a limited and dull inventory of stereotypes , a false idiom which Italo Calvino has called an ' antilanguage ' , and has exemplified as follows . This is what a witness might say : Stamattina ...
Pagina 24
... expressions , and their juxtaposition was sometimes incongruous and it had in many cases an unintentionally comic effect , and Manzoni tried in vain to convince Cherubini to adopt contemporary Florentine for the second edition of his ...
... expressions , and their juxtaposition was sometimes incongruous and it had in many cases an unintentionally comic effect , and Manzoni tried in vain to convince Cherubini to adopt contemporary Florentine for the second edition of his ...
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... expressions examined , attacked and banished from the lan- guage with old and new arguments , with the history and etymology of the words and with anecdotes to entertain the reader ' . By the second edition , 1943 , the ' esotismi ' had ...
... expressions examined , attacked and banished from the lan- guage with old and new arguments , with the history and etymology of the words and with anecdotes to entertain the reader ' . By the second edition , 1943 , the ' esotismi ' had ...
Inhoudsopgave
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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