Clackson / Horrocks The Blackwell History of the Latin Language

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-9358-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten, E-Book

This text makes use of contemporary work in linguistics to provideup-to-date commentary on the development of Latin, from itsprehistoric origins in the Indo-European language family, throughthe earliest texts, to the creation of the Classical Language ofCicero and Vergil, and examines the impact of the spread of spokenLatin through the Roman Empire.
* * The first book in English in more than 50 years to providecomprehensive coverage of the history of the Latin language
* Gives a full account of the transformation of the language inthe context of the rise and fall of Ancient Rome
* Presents up-to-date commentary on the key linguisticissues
* Makes use of carefully selected texts, many of which have onlyrecently come to light
* Includes maps and glossary as well as fully translated andannotated sample texts that illustrate the different stages of thelanguage
* Accessible to readers without a formal knowledge of Latin orlinguistics

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clackson, James

Horrocks, Geoffrey

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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 andSecond 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.

Über Autor(innen)

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