Using Italian

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Using Italian


1.1 The Italian language today 1
1.2 The dialects 2
1.3 Dialect and language in contemporary Italy 2
1.4 Dialect and Italian in contact 4
1.5 Registers of language 5
1.6 Examples of regional variation: pronunciation 5
1.7 Examples of regional variation: grammar 7
1.8 Examples of register variation: grammar 8
1.9 Examples of regional variation: vocabulary 10
1.10 Extracts illustrating registers of Italian 12
Example of R1 (Sicilian and Northern varieties) 12
Example of R1 (Roman variety) 15
Example of R1 (Tuscan variety) 16
Example of written R1–2: SMS messages 17
Example of spoken R2: Un’agenzia di viaggi 19
Example of spoken R2: TV game show 20
Example of R2–3: magazine editorial 22
Example of R3: written communication from bank
to its customers 24
Example of R3: police report 25
Example of R3: formal letter 27
WORDS AND THEIR MEANINGS
2 Misleading similarities 30
2.1 Similar form – different meaning: False friends 30
2.1.1 ‘Falsi amici’ i 30
2.1.2 ‘Falsi amici’ i i : English (or English looking) words with
different meanings in Italian 39