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Learning languages in early modern England /

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In 1578, the Anglo-Italian author, translator and teacher John Florio wrote that English was 'a language that wyl do you good in England, but passe Dover, it is woorth nothing.' Learning Languages in Early Modern England is the first major study of how English-speakers learnt a variety of...

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Main Author:	Gallagher, John, 1987- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Language and languages > Study and teaching > England > History > 16th century. Language and languages > Study and teaching > England > History > 17th century. England > Intellectual life > 16th century. England > Intellectual life > 17th century.

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