
Companion to the Latin Language
James Clackson(Editor)
Wiley (Publisher)
Published on 12. August 2011
Book
Hardback
664 pages
978-1-4051-8605-6 (ISBN)
Description
A Companion to the Latin Language presents a collection of original essays from international scholars that track the development and use of the Latin language from its origins to its modern day usage.
* Brings together contributions from internationally renowned classicists, linguists and Latin language specialists
* Offers, in a single volume, a detailed account of different literary registers of the Latin language
* Explores the social and political contexts of Latin
* Includes new accounts of the Latin language in light of modern linguistic theory
* Supplemented with illustrations covering the development of the Latin alphabet
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paper over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
1312 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4051-8605-6 (9781405186056)
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Person
James Clackson is University Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of Indo-European Languages (2007) and The Linguistic Relationship between Armenian and Greek (1994). He is co-author of The Blackwell History of the Latin Language (with Geoffrey Horrocks, Wiley-Blackwell 2007), and co-editor of Indo-European Word Formation (with Birgit Anette Olsen, 2004), and Natural Composition in Indo-European Languages (with Torsten Meißner, 2002).
Content
List of Figures
List of Tables
Notes on Contributors
Symbols Used
Abbreviations of Ancient Authors and Works
Abbreviations of Modern Sources
Linguistic and Other Abbreviations
Introduction: James Clackson
Part I: Sources
Part II: The Language
Part III: Latin Through Time
Part IV: Literary Registers of Latin
Part V: Latin in Social and Political Contexts
Bibliography
Indexes