This Italian reference grammar provides students, teachers and others interested in the Italian language with a comprehensive, accessible and jargon-free guide to the forms and structure of Italian.Whatever their level of knowledge of the language, learners of Italian will find this book indispensable: it gives clear and detailed explanations of everything from the most elementary facts such as the relation between spelling and pronunciation, or the forms of the article, to more advanced points such as the various nuances of the subjunctive. Formal or archaic discourse is distinguished from informal, everyday usage, and regionalisms are also indicated where appropriate. The authors have taken care to make it an easy and illuminating reference tool: extensive cross-referencing enables readers to quickly find the information they require, and also stimulates them to discover new, related facts.
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This is a new edition of the most detailed reference grammar of Italian available in English.
1. Introduction2. Spelling and pronunciation3. Nouns and adjectives4. The articles5. Demonstratives6. Personal pronouns7. Relative structures8. Interrogative structures9. Indefinite, quantifier and negative pronouns and adjectives10. Possessives and related constructions11. Prepositions12. Numerals and related expressions13. Adverbs and adverbial constructions14. Forms of the verb15. Uses of the verb forms16. Comparative, superlative and related constructions17. Aspects of sentence structure18. Negative constructions19. Conjunctions and discourse markers20. Word derivation21. Time expressions22. Forms of address
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780340913390
Publisert
2007-05-25
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Hodder Education
Vekt
600 gr
Høyde
246 mm
Bredde
174 mm
Aldersnivå
U, G, 05, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
512

Biographical note

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.