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Using Italian : a guide to contemporary usage /

This is a guide to Italian usage for students who have acquired the basics of the language and wish to extend their fluency and confidence. It gives special attention to those areas of vocabulary and grammar which cause most difficulty to English-speakers, and to questions of style and register.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kinder, J. J. (John J.)
Otros Autores: Savini, V. M. (Vincenzo M.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK : New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Varieties of language
  • Misleading similarities
  • Fields of meaning : synonyms
  • Complex verbal expressions
  • Affective suffixes
  • Idioms, similes, and proverbs
  • Personal names
  • Geographical and astronomical names
  • Abbreviations and acronyms
  • Latin expressions and sayings
  • Grammatical terms
  • Numerals and telephone conventions
  • Measurement
  • Gender
  • Number
  • Pronouns
  • Comparison
  • Word order
  • Negation
  • Periphrases
  • Verbs of movement
  • Auxiliary verbs in compound tenses
  • The passive
  • Reflexives and impersonals
  • Italian prepositions
  • English prepositions
  • Prepositional constructions with verbs and adjectives
  • Use of tenses
  • Sequence of tenses
  • The subjunctive
  • Conditional sentences
  • Subordinate clauses
  • Interjections
  • Fillers
  • Connector words and expressions.