The essay discusses the communicative role and effects of proverbs embedded within early modern English didactic dialogues, and precisely how proverbs, as written traces of an oral tradition, functioned within speech-like and/or speech-purposed written genres. The analysis will be dedicated to the presence of proverbs in John Florio’s manuals for teaching Italian, Firste Fruites (1578) and Second Frutes (1591).
Proverbs in John Florio’s Fruits: Some Pragmatic Aspects / Montini, Donatella. - STAMPA. - (2012), pp. 248-264.
Proverbs in John Florio’s Fruits: Some Pragmatic Aspects
MONTINI, Donatella
2012
Abstract
The essay discusses the communicative role and effects of proverbs embedded within early modern English didactic dialogues, and precisely how proverbs, as written traces of an oral tradition, functioned within speech-like and/or speech-purposed written genres. The analysis will be dedicated to the presence of proverbs in John Florio’s manuals for teaching Italian, Firste Fruites (1578) and Second Frutes (1591).File allegati a questo prodotto
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