The Blackwell History of the Latin Language - James Clackson, Geoffrey Horrocks

The Blackwell History of the Latin Language

Buch | Hardcover
336 Seiten
2007
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-4051-6209-8 (ISBN)
119,95 inkl. MwSt
The Blackwell History of the Latin Language charts the development of Latin from its prehistoric origins in the Indo-European language family, through the earliest texts, to the creation of the Classical Language of Cicero and Vergil, and examines the impact of the spread of spoken Latin through the Roman Empire.
This text makes use of contemporary work in linguistics to provide up-to-date commentary on the development of Latin, from its prehistoric origins in the Indo-European language family, through the earliest texts, to the creation of the Classical Language of Cicero and Vergil, and examines the impact of the spread of spoken Latin through the Roman Empire.




The first book in English in more than 50 years to provide comprehensive coverage of the history of the Latin language

Gives a full account of the transformation of the language in the context of the rise and fall of Ancient Rome

Presents up-to-date commentary on the key linguistic issues

Makes use of carefully selected texts, many of which have only recently come to light

Includes maps and glossary as well as fully translated and annotated sample texts that illustrate the different stages of the language

Accessible to readers without a formal knowledge of Latin or linguistics

James Clackson is University Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of The Linguistic Relationship between Armenian and Greek (1994), Indo-European Linguistics: An Introduction (2007), as well as articles on classical and Indo-European philology. Geoffrey Horrocks is Professor of Comparative Philology at Cambridge. He is the author of Space and Time in Homer (1981), Generative Grammar (1987), Greek: A History of the Language and its Speakers (1997), as well as of many articles on the history and structure of Greek from antiquity to the present day; he is also co-editor of Themes in Greek Linguistics (1998) and Studies in Greek Syntax (1999).

Preface. 1 Latin and Indo-European.

2 The Languages of Italy.

3 The Background to Standardization.

4 'Old' Latin and its Varieties in the Period c.400--150 BC.

5 The Road to Standardization: Roman Latin of the Third and Second Centuries BC.

6 Elite Latin in the Late Republic and Early Empire.

7 Sub-Elite Latin in the Empire.

8 Latin in Late Antiquity and Beyond.

Glossary.

Appendix: The International Phonetic Alphabet.

Bibliography of Reference and Other Works.

Index

Verlagsort Hoboken
Sprache englisch
Maße 163 x 236 mm
Gewicht 617 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Allgemeines / Lexika
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Latein / Altgriechisch
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10 1-4051-6209-0 / 1405162090
ISBN-13 978-1-4051-6209-8 / 9781405162098
Zustand Neuware
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