Giovanni Boccaccio
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- proper noun
- Giovanni Boccaccio's 'The Decameron' is considered a masterpiece of Italian literature.
Examples
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Many scholars regard Giovanni Boccaccio as a key figure of the early Renaissance.
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Giovanni Boccaccio wrote many influential works in the 14th century.
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Giovanni Boccaccio's 'The Decameron' is considered a masterpiece of Italian literature.
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During his travels, Giovanni Boccaccio was influenced by classical writers and poets.
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The famous Italian poet Giovanni Boccaccio lived during the Renaissance.
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Many scholars regard Giovanni Boccaccio as a key figure of the early Renaissance.
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The famous Italian poet Giovanni Boccaccio lived during the Renaissance.
Synonyms
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An Italian writer and poet best known for the book The Decameron
Surface Forms
Morphology
Giovanni + Boccaccio
This is a personal name (proper noun) referring to a specific historical individual; its meaning (an Italian poet and author of The Decameron) is referential and not compositionally derived from the constituent words. Even if a learner recognizes 'Giovanni' as a given name, that knowledge does not allow them to infer the person's identity or biographical role, so the expression is not transparent to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Giovanni Boccaccio was an Italian writer who wrote 'The Decameron', a book of one hundred short stories told by young people who left the city to escape the plague and cheered each other by telling tales. That's why his name is remembered for storytelling and for helping to change European writing after the Middle Ages.