The sounds, forms, and uses of Italian : an introduction to Italian linguistics / / Gianrenzo P. Clivio and Marcel Danesi

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910511407403321
• Autore: Clivio Gianrenzo P.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2000; ©2000
• ISBN: 1-4426-8240-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Collana: Toronto Italian Studies
• Disciplina: 450
• Soggetti: Italian language; Einführung; Livres numeriques.; e-books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: PREFACE -- 1 The Italian Language -- Origins -- Historical Outline -- Dialects -- Standard Italian -- Characteristics -- Follow-Up Activities -- 2 Linguistics -- Historical Overview -- Phonology -- Morphology -- Syntax -- Semantics -- Discourse -- Variation -- Follow-Up Activities -- 3 The Sounds of Italian -- Phonetic Description -- The Vowels -- The Consonants -- The Double Consonants -- Syllable Structure -- Prosodic Features -- Orthography -- Follow-Up Activities -- 4 The Italian Sound System -- The Phoneme -- Allophones -- Phonological Analysis -- Distinctive Features.; Distinctive-Feature Analysis -- Follow-Up Activities -- 5 Word Structure -- Words -- The Morpheme -- Allomorphs -- Morphological Analysis -- Affixation -- Follow-Up Activities -- 6 Sentence Patterns -- Phrase Structure -- Relations -- The Lexicon -- Grammar and Mind -- Follow-Up Activities -- 7 Meaning -- Words as Signs -- Denotation and Connotation -- Semantic Relations -- Utterances -- Names -- Metaphor -- Follow-Up Activities -- 8 Discourse -- Speech Acts -- Conversational Devices -- Nonverbal Communication -- A Model of Discourse -- Narrative and Discourse -- Follow-Up Activities.; 9 Variation -- Regional Variation -- Variation Outside Italy -- Social Varieties -- Aspects of Linguistic Change -- Concluding Remarks -- Follow-Up Activities -- GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- ITALIAN-ENGLISH GLOSSARY -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- X -- Z -- FURTHER READING -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
• Sommario/riassunto: Filling a major gap in the curriculum of undergraduate and graduate programs in Italian linguistics, this is a text on Italian linguistics that clearly presents all of the key concepts in a form designed specifically for English-speaking students.