The Italian Language

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Updated 21 July 2008

Recommended Internet Sites

General

Yar-p.narod.ru and Love-Yar.narod.ru

The sites of a Russian psychologist and consultant. Also includes the teaching of Italian as a second language.

Holiday properties to rent

Apartments, Farmhouses, Cottages, Guesthouses, Bed and Breakfasts, Villas, Chalets, Hotels and Studios throughout the UK, Europe and worldwide.

Floria Publications

Floria Publications offers you entertaining, informational, educational and cultural resources - all about Italy.

Landscape and garden design

If you live in Italy and are thinking about refurbishing your garden, why not ask the advice of a landscape designer? Saverio Lastrucci, with whom I collaborate from time to time, is an enthusiast who will make your ideal project come to life.

Villa Peyron al Bosco di Fontelucente

If you happen to be in the area, you might consider visiting a lovely Villa in Fiesole. While not boasting the historical associations of the Medici Villas, it amply makes up for this with a well-tended Italian garden and a large park, where olive groves, woods and a lake all play their part.

The Life and Times of Michelangelo

An illustrated site about the great sculptor, painter, architect an poet.

Language

Dialects

Omniglot: wring systems and languages of the World

Details of alphabets, abjads, abugidas, syllabaries, hieroglyphs, other writing systems and many languages.

Translation Software for You

Professional translation software from English to French, Italian, German, etc.

Search Language

The language resource search engine.

Learning Languages

Make new friends while learning a foreign language

A new way of learning, by chatting online to people who, live you, are interested in language exchange.

Progetto Lingua: books of Italian as a foreign language

Claudio Manella, who was one of my teachers, is the editor of Progetto Lingua and has written many books addressed to the foreign learner of Italian. His publishing house will ship books directly to you.

English School England

for English teachers who really care about their individual students' progress, needs and welfare, trust the Bristol Language Centre.  Discover the heart of Bristol.

The arts

World Classic Gallery

Oil Paintings, Art Reproductions, hand painted art, reproductions of famous oil paintings.

Translation Services

Albanian Translation

Quality translation services in Albania.

Other schools

Golf Schools

Offering you a wide array of information about golf schools, golf instruction and equipment.

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Latin and Romance
Introduction
The Latin Alphabet
The Greek Influence
The Latin Language
Vocabulary
Pronunciation Changes
Changes in Grammar
Mediaeval Additions
The Italian Language
Introduction
The Language in Europe
Origin
Development
Sicilian
The Rise of Florence
A common Language
Modern Italian
Dialect and Language
The Languages of Italy
Many Languages
Bilingual Regions
Dialects
Speakers of Italian
Latin Languages of Italy
Non Latin Languages
Italian and Romance
Pronunciation
Introduction
The Italian Alphabet
Particular Letter Cases
Double consonants
Stress in Italian
Equivalent letters
Cooking Terms
Italian Cooking
Food Terms
Olive Oil
Hors d'Oeuvre
First Courses
Second Courses
Desserts
Languages of Europe
European Languages
Indo-European Languages
Latin Languages
 
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The italian language body text The italian language
Italian Culture Abroad
Introduction
Adventurers
Architecture
Aristocrats
Cars
Cinema
Explorers
Fashion
Music
Painting
Political Figures
Sculpture
The Prix de Rome
Writers
Specific Vocabulary
City Names
Common words
Italian Literature
Introduction
Latin Literature
Several Vernaculars
The Sicilian School
Tuscany
Three Great Writers
The Renaissance
The XVI Century
XVII and XVIII Centuries

The XIX Century

The XX Century
The Fascist Era

Post-War Literature

Musical Terms
Expression
Instruments
Mood Indications
Musical Forms
Musical Technique
Specifying Terms
Speed Indications
Art Terms
Art Vocabulary
Language Examples
Phrases in Translation
Words in Translation
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