Lombard Language - Eastern Lombard Language, Western Lombard Language, Alessandro Manzoni, Eastern Lombard Grammar, Western Lombard Liter (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Eastern Lombard language, Western Lombard language, Alessandro Manzoni, Eastern Lombard grammar, Western Lombard literature, Milanese, Classical Milanese orthography, Canzes, Bergamasque, Western Lombard dialects, Gallo-Sicilian, Western Lombard writers, Spasell, Giuseppe Bossi, Ticinese, Insubric grammar, Carlo Porta, Tommaso Grossi, Giuseppe Parini, Bonvesin da la Riva, Delio Tessa, Carlo Maria Maggi, Plural inflection in Western Lombard, Bustocco and Legnanese, Lecchese, Varesino, Vallassinese, Comasco-Lecchese dialects, Diachronics of plural inflection in the Gallo-Italian languages, Pavese dialect, Alternative Insubric orthographies, Cremunes, Nuaresat, Brianzoo, Southwestern Lombard, Ossolano, Laghee. Excerpt: The Eastern Lombard Grammar reflects the main features of Romance languages: the word order of Eastern Lombard is usually SVO, nouns are inflected in number, adjectives agree in number and gender with the nouns, verbs are declined in tense, aspect and mood and agree with the subject in number and person. The case system is present only for the weak form of the pronoun. Eastern Lombard has always been a spoken language and, in spite of sporadic attempts to fix the main features in a written grammar, a unique canonical variety has never prevailed over the others. The present day situation sees a large number of varieties, roughly identifiable by the area where a particular variety is spoken (so, you may encounter a Bergamasque, Brescian, a Camunic variety, etc.). Varieties differ mainly in phonology, syntax and word choice.This grammar is based on the Brescian variety and, although local differences (even remarkable) can be found, the basic principles are generally valid for the other varieties. Nouns in Eastern Lombard have two genders (masculine and feminine), and two grammatical numbers (singular...