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Peer reviewedAnzilotti, Gloria Italiano – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1982
Presents study of elocutionary forces behind indirect speech acts, such as rhetorical questions, in English and Italian, by using contrastive analysis of form, frequency distribution of questions, and uses and negativity of rhetorical questions. Concludes the rhetorical questions in English and Italian, and perhaps many more languages, may be…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Contrastive Linguistics, English, Italian
Peer reviewedVizmuller, Jana – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1979
Provides guidelines for the teaching of aspect in the Italian verb system. (AM)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English, Grammar, Italian
Peer reviewedMorgan, Leslie Z. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1992
Derivations of the term "gerund" are examined as they pertain to native English speakers learning French, Italian, and/or Spanish. The form's etymology is chronicled from Latin, and its current usage in student textbooks in the three languages is examined. A solution to the terminological confusion surrounding the term is proposed. (41…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Definitions, Diachronic Linguistics, English
