BBC

How Italian became the language of love

Writers and poets shaped its style and vocabulary over centuries, with beauty and sound as some of their primary considerations. It happened again the other day. I was walking down the street in my ...
Smith College

Italian Studies

The main goal of the Department of German Studies and Italian Studies at Smith College is to offer a program of study that provides opportunities for students to acquire both proficiency in Italian ...
CNN

Dante turns in his grave as Italian language declines

Editor’s Note: Silvia Marchetti is a Rome-based freelance reporter and writer. She covers finance, economics, travel and culture for a wide range of media. Silvia has a master degree in journalism, ...
NPR

Italian: The Language That Sings

Hear Miles Hoffman's examples of Italian musical terms in action. Even when it isn't sung, the Italian language sounds like music, which is part of why Italian words are used to tell musicians how to ...
Chicago Parent

Embracing Italian Language and Culture

In the heart of Wicker Park lives a little hidden gem of a school where children and their families gather to celebrate their love for Italian culture. At Scuola Italiana Enrico Fermi (SIEF), children ...
The New York Times

MARK TWAIN TO REFORM THE LANGUAGE OF ITALY; He Tells His Neighbors in Florence of His Proposal to Furnish the Government with a Standard Grammar.

Special Correspondence THE NEW YORK TIMES. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s ...