The Italian Language Today (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780415078627)

'a truly authoritative short Italian grammar ... possibly the best concise account now available in any language' - The Times Literary Supplement 'a stimulating and scholarly introduction to Italian for the serious student. It contains a great deal of original material and the authors' unequivocal attitudes to the linguistic reality of modern Italy...make it important that it should be read and discussed by Italianists everywhere' - The Times Higher Education Supplement 'a major new contribution to the literature in English...it will be an essential part of the linguistic formation of every Italianist' - The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies Recently revised to bring it completed up-to-date, this book remains a unique source on the Italian language as it is actually spoken and written in Italy. The combination of historical perspective and contemporary grammar make it particularly useful for Italian linguistics.

Author: Anna Laura Lepschy, Guilio Lepschy
ISBN-10: 0415078628
ISBN-13: 9780415078627
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2004
Pages: 260
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.42h x 5.46w x 0.81d