The Italian Language Today

This text aims to show the linguistic variety that exists within the Italian language, as well as describing its main systematic linguistic features, offering detailed coverage of both sociolinguistic and linguistic topics.

''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.