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The Italian Language Today

The authors present the Italian language not as it is prescribed in grammars and dictionaries, but as it is actually written and spoken
eBook, English, 1998
New Amsterdam Books, Blue Ridge Summit, 1998
1 online resource (262 pages)
9781461636267, 1461636264
1058269206
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Preface to the Second edition
Preface
Part One: The Linguistic Situation in Italy
I: Italian Today
II: A Historical View
III: Italian Dialects
IV: Varieties of Italian
Part Two: The Grammar of Italian
V: An Outline
1: Phonology
2: Spelling
3: The Article
4: Prepositions with the Article
5: Conjunctions
6: Nouns and adjectives
7: Comparatives and Superlatives
8: Adverbs
9: Personal Pronouns
10: Possessives
11: Interrogatives and Relatives
12: Negatives. 13: Demonstratives
14: Indefinites
15: Numerals
16: Verbs
VI: Sixteen Points of Syntax
1: Some Notes on word Order
2: The Use of the Article
3: Evaluative Suffixes
4: Compound and Juxtaposed Nouns
5: Position of adjectives
6: Agreement of adjectives
7: Position of adverbs
8: Some Constructions with/without Prepositions
9: Agreement of Past Participles
10: Clitic Clusters
11: Constructions with causative and Perception Predicates
12: The use of si
13: The use of Indicative Past Tenses
14: The use of the Subjunctive. 15: Sequence of tenses
16: The Use of the Conditional
Short Bibliography
Table of main symbols used
Index