ABSTRACT

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.

chapter |3 pages

Introduction

chapter |17 pages

Spelling and pronunciation

chapter |40 pages

Nouns and adjectives

chapter |20 pages

The articles

chapter |12 pages

Demonstratives

chapter |37 pages

Personal pronouns

chapter |13 pages

Relative structures

chapter |6 pages

Interrogative structures

chapter |18 pages

Prepositions

chapter |69 pages

Forms of the verb

chapter |55 pages

Uses of the verb forms

chapter |7 pages

Negative constructions

chapter |9 pages

Word derivation

chapter |8 pages

Time expressions

chapter |8 pages

Forms of address