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 7
... language really exists . The first part of the book gives an introduction to ... language . Apart from the basic outlines , our coverage is selective : we have ... national standard , we have followed northern usage , which seems to us to ...
... language really exists . The first part of the book gives an introduction to ... language . Apart from the basic outlines , our coverage is selective : we have ... national standard , we have followed northern usage , which seems to us to ...
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... national standard for a regional variety , as substituting the speech of the middle class for the speech of the working class . The class connotations of accent emerge very clearly in the field of politics , trade - unionism , and in ...
... national standard for a regional variety , as substituting the speech of the middle class for the speech of the working class . The class connotations of accent emerge very clearly in the field of politics , trade - unionism , and in ...
Pagina 13
... national language and ( b ) the local dialect there is ( c ) a more inward looking variety of the national language ( regional Italian ) ; this is comparable to the phenomenon very much alive in England , of standard English spoken with ...
... national language and ( b ) the local dialect there is ( c ) a more inward looking variety of the national language ( regional Italian ) ; this is comparable to the phenomenon very much alive in England , of standard English spoken with ...
Pagina 14
... language has noted that a speaker may try to pronounce a double consonant , but succeed only in uttering one and a half ) 2 , nor bet- ween the affricates [ ts dz ] of the national and the sibilants [ sz ] of the regional standard ...
... language has noted that a speaker may try to pronounce a double consonant , but succeed only in uttering one and a half ) 2 , nor bet- ween the affricates [ ts dz ] of the national and the sibilants [ sz ] of the regional standard ...
Pagina 15
... language or in the dialect , either in one variety or in another . As we said , the Martian linguist , trying to be ... national standard ) , and chooses , when a choice has to be made , a northern Italian standard , which has acquired ...
... language or in the dialect , either in one variety or in another . As we said , the Martian linguist , trying to be ... national standard ) , and chooses , when a choice has to be made , a northern Italian standard , which has acquired ...
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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