This book proposes a new approach to the learning of foreign languages through subtitled audiovisual input. The research draws on acquisitional studies of English syntax by Italian learners to reveal the impact of subtitling on the learning of linguistics structures, raising challenging questions about the pedagogic applications of subtitling.

The volume focuses on the languages of Anglophone films and television series and their dubbing into Italian. The chapters cover a rich range of topics including syntactic, lexical and sociolinguistic features of audiovisual dialogue, cross-linguistic contrasts, and the translation of culture specific references and multilingualism on screen.