Advanced Italian Lessons. New York: Italian Book Company New York, 1924 (1912).
Title
Advanced Italian Lessons. New York: Italian Book Company New York, 1924 (1912).
Description
This is a copy of the Third Edition of this work, 1924, first published, in 1912.
Arbib-Costa (b. Livorno, 1882; active, New York, 1900–1930), professor of romance languages at the College of the City of New York, wrote texts designed to help students of English and Italian.
In the Preface, Arbib-Costa notes that he has been "encouraged" by the success of his Italian Lessons to publish "an advanced book in which italian syntax is taken up and treated with a fullness sufficient for th eneeds of the student who desires to have a deeper knowledge of the language."
He notes, too, that on the question of syntax, "the strictly grammatical language" - i.e., written Italian - "and the familiar language with its numberless idioms" - presumably the oral language of Italians - "very often differ." But there's no mistaking what he tells his readers they are getting, not the Italian language of immigrant Italians with whom they might interact, but rather "the language as it is at present spoken by educated people in Italy and as used by good modern authors" (emphasis in original).
The Società Libraria Italiana also published Arbib-Costa's English grammar books written for Italian immigrants (see Lezioni graduate di lingua italiana), his Grammatica moderna della lingua francese, and the Handbook for the American Citizen/Manuale del cittadino americano. He also translated Italian works into English.
Arbib-Costa (b. Livorno, 1882; active, New York, 1900–1930), professor of romance languages at the College of the City of New York, wrote texts designed to help students of English and Italian.
In the Preface, Arbib-Costa notes that he has been "encouraged" by the success of his Italian Lessons to publish "an advanced book in which italian syntax is taken up and treated with a fullness sufficient for th eneeds of the student who desires to have a deeper knowledge of the language."
He notes, too, that on the question of syntax, "the strictly grammatical language" - i.e., written Italian - "and the familiar language with its numberless idioms" - presumably the oral language of Italians - "very often differ." But there's no mistaking what he tells his readers they are getting, not the Italian language of immigrant Italians with whom they might interact, but rather "the language as it is at present spoken by educated people in Italy and as used by good modern authors" (emphasis in original).
The Società Libraria Italiana also published Arbib-Costa's English grammar books written for Italian immigrants (see Lezioni graduate di lingua italiana), his Grammatica moderna della lingua francese, and the Handbook for the American Citizen/Manuale del cittadino americano. He also translated Italian works into English.
Creator
Alfonso Arbib-Costa
Publisher
Italian Book Company New York
Date
1924 (1912)
Format
18.5x13cm; 296 p.
Language
English
Citation
Alfonso Arbib-Costa, “Advanced Italian Lessons. New York: Italian Book Company New York, 1924 (1912).,” Italian-Language American Imprints: The Periconi Collection, accessed July 13, 2026, https://italianamericanimprints.omeka.net/items/show/455.
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