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 23
... present the usage of writers and of cultured people objectively , but to pro- vide the norm to which this minority should conform in their writ- ings . During the following centuries we find many restatements of puristic principles ...
... present the usage of writers and of cultured people objectively , but to pro- vide the norm to which this minority should conform in their writ- ings . During the following centuries we find many restatements of puristic principles ...
Pagina 33
... present form originates in the thwarted social and political development which immediately fol- lowed unification . The problems which both Manzoni and Ascoli had seen in social terms rapidly sank to the level of rhetoric and became ...
... present form originates in the thwarted social and political development which immediately fol- lowed unification . The problems which both Manzoni and Ascoli had seen in social terms rapidly sank to the level of rhetoric and became ...
Pagina 34
... present day concerning the number of people who can understand and / or speak ( a ) varieties of a dialect , ( b ) varieties of Italian , or ( c ) both , and in the last case in which circumstances they use one or the other . For what ...
... present day concerning the number of people who can understand and / or speak ( a ) varieties of a dialect , ( b ) varieties of Italian , or ( c ) both , and in the last case in which circumstances they use one or the other . For what ...
Pagina 37
... present themselves less as an internal evolution of Italian or of the Italian dialects than as a change in their respective positions , dialects being progressively italianized and gradually disappearing . Italian is known and used more ...
... present themselves less as an internal evolution of Italian or of the Italian dialects than as a change in their respective positions , dialects being progressively italianized and gradually disappearing . Italian is known and used more ...
Pagina 38
... Present Periodical News - Sheet of the Crusca Dictionary ' ) , in Il Caffè No. 4 1764 ( Brescia , 1765 , pp 30-31 ; modern edition , Milan , 1960 , pp . 39-41 ) . But the renunciation could not have been so radical if Pietro Verri felt ...
... Present Periodical News - Sheet of the Crusca Dictionary ' ) , in Il Caffè No. 4 1764 ( Brescia , 1765 , pp 30-31 ; modern edition , Milan , 1960 , pp . 39-41 ) . But the renunciation could not have been so radical if Pietro Verri felt ...
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The Grammar of Italian | 87 |
Short Bibliography | 247 |
Table of main symbols used | 250 |
Index | 251 |
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