Soluzioni

A Practical Grammar of Contemporary Italian
5. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-89925-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Italienisch, 506 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 892 g

Reihe: Routledge Concise Grammars

The newest edition of Soluzioni: A Practical Grammar of Contemporary Italian combines an engaging reference and grammar practice explained in clear and concise language with numerous supporting exercises. Aimed at keen students of all levels, Soluzioni also has a companion website at www.routledge.com/cw/derome which provides further resources for students and instructors. There are 240 free interactive language quizzes, plus supplementary downloadable material such as a comprehensive verb section and full answer key. This fifth edition continues the accessible methodology and focus on contemporary usage that has made Soluzioni the clearest pedagogic grammar book on the market today. Fully updated, it covers key areas of difficulty such as tense usage (including the subjunctive), causative verbs, combined pronouns and word order. It also pays attention to the links between grammar and communicative functions as well as those between grammar, context and register. Suitable for class use and independent study, Soluzioni is the ideal reference and practice resource for learners of Italian.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

de Rôme, Denise

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Nouns

2 Articles

3 Descriptive adjectives

4 Adverbs

5 Comparatives and superlatives

6 Suffixes

7 Personal pronouns

8 Possessives

9 Demonstratives

10 Interrogatives

11 Exclamations

12 Indefinites

13 Relative pronouns

14 Negatives

15 Prepositions

16 Connectives

17 Numerals and units of measurement

18 The present indicative tense

19 The future tense

20 The past indicative tenses

21 The conditional

22 The imperative

23 Non-finite verb forms

24 The subjunctive

25 Special verb constructions

26 The passive voice and related constructions

27 Causative verbs and verbs of perception

28 Verbs and prepositions

29 Elements of syntax: Italian word order

Spelling and pronunciation

Glossary

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Denise De Rôme holds degrees from the Universities of Cambridge and Reading, UK, and has taught Italian to all levels. She has authored BBC multimedia language courses, devised and presented several series of educational radio programmes, and has contributed translations and articles on language learning to academic journals. Now a writer and translator, she was previously Principal Lecturer and Head of the Italian Department at the University of Westminster, UK.