Second Frutes, 1591

Second Frutes, 1591
Author: John Florio
Publisher: Academic Resources Corp
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1953
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

This Italian-English dialogue language-lesson book is perhaps the most attractive & significant to modern readers of all Elizabethan books of this type. Rich in allusions to contemporaries like Spenser, Wyatt, Surrey, Lyly, Harvey, Southampton, & the Queen, the conversations deal with literary criticism, fencing, tennis, the art of translation, & many other topics. Especially notable for its proverbs & idiomatic usage, giving common Renaissance phrases & idioms about clothes, dining, gaming, sports, compliments, courtiers, sleeping, etc.

The Influence of English on Italian

The Influence of English on Italian
Author: Virginia Pulcini
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2023-07-03
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 3110755114

This series offers a wide forum for work on contact linguistics, using an integrated approach to both diachronic and synchronic manifestations of contact, ranging from social and individual aspects to structural-typological issues. Topics covered by the series include child and adult bilingualism and multilingualism, contact languages, borrowing and contact-induced typological change, code switching in conversation, societal multilingualism, bilingual language processing, and various other topics related to language contact. The series does not have a fixed theoretical orientation, and includes contributions from a variety of approaches.