Book Praise

"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

About the Book

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.