The Italian language is more than just what we learn at university. It is spoken by millions of people with different dialects all over Italy, some almost unrecognisable from that which we have in mind when we talk about ‘Italian’. How did these dialects come to be, and what is the basis of Italian?
Away from historical analysis, what are the linguistic and grammatical intricacies of Italian and how do we deal with them? What role does the Italian language play in the culture, and how does it relate to other languages? This section aims to provide answers to these questions and others.
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Sam Linney Lingua Editor