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Translated from the French of messieurs de Port-Royal. To which are added: I. An Italian vocabulary. II. Choice Italian phrases. III. Familiar dialo- APPENDICE 371 gues. IV. Entertaining stories. V. Italian proverbs. VI. Extracts from the best Italian poets. VII. Examples of ceremonial and mercantile letters. With the accents of the Italian words, to facilitate the pronunciation to foreigners
Autore:
s.a. | s.a.
Luogo:
London | Londra
Editore:
J. Nourse | J. Nourse
Anno: 1750
Tipo: Grammatica
By an Italian master, London, Printed for J. Nourse, at the Lamb, opposite Katherine-street in the Strand, 1750.
Metalingua:
Inglese
Lingua oggetto:
Italiano
Sistema di scrittura:
Latino
The translator’s preface
The preface, which treats of the decline of the Latin tongue, and the rise of the Italian pp. I-XV
The contents
Of the excellence of the Italian tongue: and that it ought to be considered as a dead, as well as a living language, Preface p. I
Of the decline of the Latin tongue p. II
Of the rise of the Italian tongue, and of the principale authors
to whom it owes its original p. IV
Of the decline and restoration of the Italian tongue p. VI
Of the erecting the Academy of La Crusca p. VIII
Custom notwithstanding produces some alteration in the Italian tongue p. X
Design and plan of this work p. X
The manner of making use of this new method, and of learning easily the Italian tongue p. XII
Of the proper choice of authors in order to understand thoroughly the Italian p. XIII
In what the difficulty of speaking this language with purity, and writing it exactly, consists p. XIV
PART I. Of what relates to the analogy of the language
CHAP. I. Of the letters and pronunciation p. 18
CHAP. II. Some important rules concerning the orthography, and the analogy of words derived from the Latin p. 26
CHAP. III. Of the accents p. 30
CHAP. IV. Of the articles p. 33
CHAP. V. Of the nouns p. 36
CHAP. VI. Of the pronouns p. 46
CHAP. VII. Of the verbs p. 54
CHAP. VIII. Particular rules of the formation of the tenses p. 61
CHAP. IX. A list of the irregular verbs p. 73
CHAP. X. Of the figures or changes that happen in words p. 86
CHAP. XI. Of compound words p. 89
PART II. Containing some curious remarks on the syntax, and the propriety of words in discourse p. 95
CHAP. I. Of the articles and nouns p. 95
CHAP. II. Of the pronouns p. 97
CHAP. III. Of the verbs p. 103
CHAP. IV. Of the auxiliary verbs and the tenses formed from thence by circonlocution with the participle in to or so p. 108
CHAP. V. Of the particles mi, ti, si, ci, ne, vi p. 108
CHAP. VI. Of the adverbs p. 115
CHAP. VII. Of the prepositions p. 117
PART III. Containing a short introduction to the Italian poetry p. 122
CHAP. I. Of the verbs in particular p. 122
CHAP. II. Of rime p. 129
CHAP. III. Of the several sorts of works or compositions in verse p. 129
CHAP. IV. Of the poetic licences p. 137
PART IV. A vocabulary, Italian and English p. 139
Familiar dialogues, Part I. Containing such dialogues as are most proper for beginners p. 178
Familiar dialogues, Part II. Containing dialogues proper for persons somewhat advanced in the language p. 200
A collection of the choicest Italian proverbs p. 225
A collection of jests, fables, and diverting stories p. 230
A collection of some of the most beautiful passages of the most celebrated Italian poets p. 256
A collection of Italian sonnets p. 266
A collection of Italian letters p. 283
A collection of inscriptions of Italian letters p. 353
Fine p. 366