The Italian Language Today

ISBN-13: 9781138146976 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 260 str.

Anna Laura Lepschy; Guilio Lepschy

Opis

First Published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Recenzje

`... a truly authoritative short Italian grammar ... the best account now available in any language.' - Times Literary Supplement

`a stimulating and scholarly introduction to Italian for the serious student.' - Times Higher

Spis treści

Preface to the Second Edition Preface Part 1: The Linguistic Situation in Italy Italian Today A Historical View Italian Dialects Varieties of Italian Part 2: The Grammar of Italian V An Outline Phonology Spelling The Article Prepositions with the Article Conjunctions Nouns and Adjectives Comparatives and Superlatives Adverbs Personal Pronouns Possessives Interrogatives and Relatives Negatives Demonstratives Indefinites Numerals Verbs VI Sixteen Points of Syntax Some Notes on Word Order The Use of the Article Evaluative Suffixes Compund and Juxtaposed Nouns Position of Adjectives Agreement of Adjectives Position of Adverbs Some Constructions with/without Prepostions Agreement of Past Participles Clitic Clusters Constructions with causative and perception predicates The use of si The use of indicative past tenses The use of the subjunctive Sequence of tenses The use of the conditional Short Bibliography; Table of main symbols used; Index

O autorze

Anna Laura Lepschy, Giulio Lepschy