Who can find more English mistakes? (Please, not only grammar)
Oct 15th 2010 03:10
The Italian Languague.
Sometimes people take up language courses in order to improve their skills at work when their boss ask for it; or children are pushed to study languages for their future.
However, it/this doesn't always happen. That is why, Italian is one of the most interesting languages in the world. Nobody is forced to speak it. Most of people usually learn it because of his beauty. To understand why, it's important have a look to the history.
European people spoke latin-derived dialects that gradually changed over the years, like French, Portuguese, Spanish and Italian. What happended with France, Portuguese and Spain was a progressive evolution that was accepted by all their habitants. But Italy was the exception. One reason is that Italia wasn't a country for years. It wasn't unified until 1861 meanwhile, It was completely disunited, and the territories that actually conform the country were governing by different countries.
"All this internal division meant that Italy never properly coalesced, and Italian didn't either. So it's not surprising that, for, centuries, Italians wrote and spoke in local dialects that were mutually unfathomable." Gilbert explains.
In 16th century, some italian's intellectuals join together and they decided that Italy needed a unique language, at least in writing. They read about/looked up beautiful italian words in each dialect. They found that the most beautiful were Danti Algheri's Florentine dialect. They took many words from "Divine Comedy". It is because, when Dante wrote it, he didn't choose Latin words. They thought that it was a very restrictive language. Only rich people could afford to have classes. So, they chose those words that generally were spoken by Florentines. Therefore, the intellectuals decided that Dante's Italin would be the Italian Official Language.
Nowdays though over the years it had changed, essentially Italian is Dantean.
Sometimes people take up language courses in order to improve their skills at work when their boss ask for it; or children are pushed to study languages for their future.
However, it/this doesn't always happen. That is why, Italian is one of the most interesting languages in the world. Nobody is forced to speak it. Most of people usually learn it because of his beauty. To understand why, it's important have a look to the history.
European people spoke latin-derived dialects that gradually changed over the years, like French, Portuguese, Spanish and Italian. What happended with France, Portuguese and Spain was a progressive evolution that was accepted by all their habitants. But Italy was the exception. One reason is that Italia wasn't a country for years. It wasn't unified until 1861 meanwhile, It was completely disunited, and the territories that actually conform the country were governing by different countries.
"All this internal division meant that Italy never properly coalesced, and Italian didn't either. So it's not surprising that, for, centuries, Italians wrote and spoke in local dialects that were mutually unfathomable." Gilbert explains.
In 16th century, some italian's intellectuals join together and they decided that Italy needed a unique language, at least in writing. They read about/looked up beautiful italian words in each dialect. They found that the most beautiful were Danti Algheri's Florentine dialect. They took many words from "Divine Comedy". It is because, when Dante wrote it, he didn't choose Latin words. They thought that it was a very restrictive language. Only rich people could afford to have classes. So, they chose those words that generally were spoken by Florentines. Therefore, the intellectuals decided that Dante's Italin would be the Italian Official Language.
Nowdays though over the years it had changed, essentially Italian is Dantean.
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Sometimes people take up language courses in order to improve their skills at work when their boss asks for it; or children are pushed to study languages for their future.
However, it/this doesn't always happen.
Most of people usually learn it because of its beauty.
To understand why, it's important have a look at the history.
One reason is that Italy wasn't a country for years.
It wasn't unified until 1861. Meanwhile, it was completely disunited, and the territories that actually conformed to the country were governed by different countries.
In 16th century, some italian's intellectuals joined together and they decided that Italy needed a unique language, at least in writing.
Nowdays though over the years it has changed, essentially Italian is Dantean.