A Reference Grammar of Modern Italian

ISBN-13: 9780340913390 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 512 str.

Martin Maiden

Opis

The most detailed grammar of Italian available in English, the Second Edition provides students, teachers, and others with a comprehensive and accessible guide to the forms and structure of Italian. This book is indispensable to students of Italian, providing clear and detailed explanations of everything from the most elementary facts to more advanced points such as the various nuances of the subjunctive. The authors have made it an easy and illuminating reference tool, with extensive cross-referencing which enables readers to find the information they need quickly and easily.

Spis treści

1. Introduction
2. Spelling and pronunciation
3. Nouns and adjectives
4. The articles
5. Demonstratives
6. Personal pronouns
7. Relative structures
8. Interrogative structures
9. Indefinite, quantifier and negative pronouns and adjectives
10. Possessives and related constructions
11. Prepositions
12. Numerals and related expressions
13. Adverbs and adverbial constructions
14. Forms of the verb
15. Uses of the verb forms
16. Comparative, superlative and related constructions
17. Aspects of sentence structure
18. Negative constructions
19. Conjunctions and discourse markers
20. Word derivation
21. Time expressions
22. Forms of address

O autorze

Matin Maiden is Professor of Romance Languages at the Univesity of Oxford.
Cecilia Robustelli is Professor of Italian Linguistics at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.