Italian language

between the English language and the Italian language. First of all, what is denoted by the terms English language and Italian language and where are these languages used. The free dictionary defines the term English language as” an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries.” It is estimated that three hundred and thirty five million (335,000,000) people uses this language, worldwide. On the other hand, the term Italian language is described as the official language of main land Italy, and approximately sixty million (60,000,000) people uses…

Endangerment of Italian Language in Villages A study was performed in two villages in Italy that was conducted by an experimenter by the name of Naomi Nagy. This experiment measured how much of the native language was and was not spoken in two main Italian villages. Nagy first took a survey through the two villages (only one family of six opted out of taking the survey because they were not originally from the village). This survey was made up of three questions, and Nagy did not allow the…

There are many myths that are true and others false. Some language myths that you might have heard of are Italian is Beautiful, German is Ugly or Black Children are Verbally Deprived. In Italian is Beautiful, German is Ugly, the author explains to us that a language’s accent becomes more attractive either depending on the person who is talking. This demonstrates that a member of the opposite sex or who does the judging shows us that the values of this myth. As stated in the reading, “research…

Italian is also a member of the Romance group of the Indo-European language family. The Italian language is more similar to the Latin language than any other Romance language, which makes sense because Latin originated in Italy. Latin was just one of several Indo-European languages in Italy. As a group, these languages are sometimes referred to as the Italic languages. The other Italic languages include Faliscan, Osean, Umbrian, and Venetic. The Italian language derives mainly from Vulgar Latin,…

My reasoning for selecting Italy as my study abroad destination can be attributed to my love for genealogy. My research on the well-known Ancestry.com website dates back to 2012 where there has since been an addition of over 1000 members to my family tree. After learning that my maternal second great-grandfather moved to the United States from Italy in the late 1800 to early 1900’s, my interest has broadened to learning more about my ethnicity. Results from an AncestryDNA test further promotes…

Lia D’Angelo 5th Hour Themes of Geography-Sicily/Italy Location- My dad is from Sicily the Island off of Italy. We use this in our culture and traditions all the time. The city from i am from is an influence in lots of stuff in life because it is who i am and can tell people stuff about me from where i come from. My life is different than people from other countries and even from other places in Italy. Human Environment Interactions- My parents being from a different part of Italy then most…

Everyone started to trickle in and check their bags. There were parents there to say their goodbyes and give last minute advice. Once everyone arrived, we all headed down to TSA security. I did not have any problems with security, so I headed to the gate to wait for the others. After 30 mins of waiting around in the terminal, we were off to Italy. “If you look out the left side of the plane, you will see the French Alps.”, said the Captain. He then repeated what he had just said, but now in…

Italian culture is steeped in to the arts, family, architecture, music and food, home of the Roman Empire and a major center of the renaissance; culture in the Italian peninsula has flourished for centuries. Here is an overview of “Italian customs” and traditions about 96% percent of the population of Italy is Italian though there are many other ethnicities that live in this country. North African, Arab, Albanian, German, Austrian and some other European groups fill out with a remainder of the…

Europe. I picked Italy because I am part Italian and I wanted to learn more about my roots. Italy can be a fantastic place you just have to learn about their facts, culture, and their government and you would understand how they work. Italy has a lot of interesting things about it. Capital of Italy is Rome in fact Rome is Italy's most major city. The area of Italy is 116,348 square miles. Italy's population is 61,680,122. Roman Catholic is the most practiced religion in Italy. Italy's most…

people who read his work but his work itself created a whole wave of Dante impressionists. His works made an undoubtable impact on medieval literature and theology. The Divine Comedy is and was considered one of the greatest Italian works of literature. Dante is considered the father of the Italian language. His works and his legacy have continued to flourish even after his death on September 13th, 1321. Dante was born in Florence, Italy on May 21st, 1265. He was born into a family that was…