Grammatica di riferimento della lingua italiana per stranieri

Finding a decent, well-written and easy to understand and consult grammar reference is important for anyone at any level of Italian. As you become more advanced and start reading more literature, newspaper stories and other more complex written works, I think it's important that your grammar references also grow, too. I think that you'll find it in this book, Grammatica di riferimento della lingua italiana per stranieri.

Giuseppe Patota has written an excellent grammar resource for non-Italians that is excellent to have at your side. One thing that many Italian grammar books written for English speakers lack are punctuation rules. This book has that (pp. 34-39) as well as a more in depth look at some aspects of grammar that we might take for granted (especially the use of the definite article) as well as those that are somewhat complex (prepositions and pronouns).

The book is broken down by part of speech, while the first and last parts of the book are divided between the sounds of the language and the formation of words.

For those of you that watch RAI International, the author of this book makes regular appearances on Parliamo Italiano, a weekly television program produced for RAI International aimed at learning Italian.

NB: In 2006, Professor Patota published Grammatica di riferimento dell'italiano contemporaneo - both are excellent works.