The French Littelton
The Edition of 1609

Originally published in 1953, this book presents the 1609 text of The French Littelton by the French linguist Claudius Hollyband.

Claudius Holyband (Author)

9781107480292, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 12 February 2015

256 pages
20.5 x 12.6 x 1.5 cm, 0.3 kg

Originally published in 1953, this book presents the complete 1609 text of The French Littelton by the French Huguenot linguist and educator Claudius Hollyband. The text is an early example of a foreign language handbook, created for English people learning French. An editorial introduction and appendices are also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in linguistics and the history of language teaching.

Introduction M. St Clare Byrne
The French Littelton: Dedicatory epistle
George Gascoine, Esquire, in commendation of this booke
Sonnet
Dialogves, or familiar talkes
Traicte des danses
Rvles for the pronvnciation
Rvles of syntaxe
Hard words
An advertisement
Appendixces: A. The date of the first edition
B. The dedicatees
C. Holyban's other works.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]