An Anthology Of Informal Latin 200 Bc Ad 900
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An Anthology of Informal Latin 200 BC AD 900
Author | : J. N. Adams |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2019-01-24 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 1108729975 |
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This book contains over fifty passages of Latin from 200 BC to AD 900, each with translation and linguistic commentary. It is not intended as an elementary reader (though suitable for university courses), but as an illustrative history of Latin covering more than a millennium, with almost every century represented. Conventional histories cite constructions out of context, whereas this work gives a sense of the period, genre, stylistic aims and idiosyncrasies of specific passages. 'Informal' texts, particularly if they portray talk, reflect linguistic variety and change better than texts adhering to classicising norms. Some of the texts are recent discoveries or little known. Writing tablets are well represented, as are literary and technical texts down to the early medieval period, when striking changes appear. The commentaries identify innovations, discontinuities and phenomena of long duration. Readers will learn much about the diversity and development of Latin.
The Regional Diversification of Latin 200 BC AD 600
Author | : J. N. Adams |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 849 |
Release | : 2007-12-13 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9781139468817 |
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Classical Latin appears to be without regional dialects, yet Latin evolved in little more than a millennium into a variety of different languages. This book argues comprehensively that Latin in fact never lacked regional variations and examines the changing patterns and causes of this diversity throughout the Roman period.
The Cambridge Anthology of British Medieval Latin Volume 2 1066 1500
Author | : Carolinne White |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 542 |
Release | : 2024-01-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781316953174 |
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This anthology presents in two volumes a series of Latin texts (with English translation) produced in Britain during the period AD 450-1500. Excerpts are taken from Bede and other historians, from the letters of women written from their monasteries, from famous documents such as Domesday Book and Magna Carta, and from accounts and legal documents, all revealing the lives of individuals at home and on their travels across Britain and beyond. It offers an insight into Latin writings on many subjects, showing the important role of Latin in the multilingual society of medieval Britain, in which Latin was the primary language of written communication and record and also developed, particularly after the Norman Conquest, through mutual influence with English and French. The thorough introductions to each volume provide a broad overview of the linguistic and cultural background, while the individual texts are placed in their social, historical and linguistic context.
The Cambridge Anthology of British Medieval Latin Volume 1 450 1066
Author | : Carolinne White |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 506 |
Release | : 2024-01-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781316953150 |
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This anthology presents in two volumes a series of Latin texts (with English translation) produced in Britain during the period AD 450–1500. Excerpts are taken from Bede and other historians, from the letters of women written from their monasteries, from famous documents such as Domesday Book and Magna Carta, and from accounts and legal documents, all revealing the lives of individuals at home and on their travels across Britain and beyond. It offers an insight into Latin writings on many subjects, showing the important role of Latin in the multilingual society of medieval Britain, in which Latin was the primary language of written communication and record and also developed, particularly after the Norman Conquest, through mutual influence with English and French. The thorough introductions to each volume provide a broad overview of the linguistic and cultural background, while the individual texts are placed in their social, historical and linguistic context.
Early and Late Latin
Author | : J. N. Adams,Nigel Vincent,Valerie Knight |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 491 |
Release | : 2016-10-18 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9781107132252 |
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This book focuses on the continuity between the documented stages in the history of Latin and its development into Romance.
Latin Linguistics
Author | : Wolfgang David Cirilo de Melo |
Publsiher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2023-12-18 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9783111172002 |
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Latin Linguistics is intended as an overview of the main areas of linguistics geared specifically to the scholar of Latin. The book consists of eight chapters: an introduction followed by discussions of phonology, morphology, syntax, variation linguistics, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics, with a final chapter discussing texts from three different periods to demonstrate how linguistic analysis can deepen our understanding of Latin. Most introductions to phonology cover a range of theories, such as Autosegmental Phonology or Optimality Theory; these contribute relatively little to our understanding of Latin as such. On the other hand, a Latinist needs to know how we can reconstruct pronunciation, what the limits of reconstruction are, and how closely orthography mirrors pronunciation. My chapter on phonology deals with these aspects. The same can be said, mutatis mutandis, for the other chapters. What makes this book unique, then, is the fact that it covers a wide range of topics in a deliberately selective way, tailored to the needs of Latinists.
The Cambridge Critical Guide to Latin Literature
Author | : Roy Gibson,Christopher Whitton |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 1132 |
Release | : 2024-01-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781108369183 |
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The Cambridge Critical Guide to Latin Literature offers a critical overview of work on Latin literature. Where are we? How did we get here? Where to next? Fifteen commissioned chapters, along with an extensive introduction and Mary Beard's postscript, approach these questions from a range of angles. They aim not to codify the field, but to give snapshots of the discipline from different perspectives, and to offer provocations for future development. The Critical Guide aims to stimulate reflection on how we engage with Latin literature. Texts, tools and territories are the three areas of focus. The Guide situates the study of classical Latin literature within its global context from late antiquity to Neo-Latin, moving away from an exclusive focus on the pre-200 CE corpus. It recalibrates links with adjoining disciplines (history, philosophy, material culture, linguistics, political thought, Greek), and takes a fresh look at key tools (editing, reception, intertextuality, theory).
Living Latin
Author | : Charlie Kerrigan |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 137 |
Release | : 2024-01-11 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9781350377042 |
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What kind of language is Latin, and who is it for? Contrary to most accounts, this book tells the story of Latin as a language of ordinary people. Surveying the whole span of the language's history, it explores the evidence that exists for ordinary Latin around the Roman world, arguing that this material is just as worthy of readers' attention as the famous classics. Those classics are reassessed in the light of popular concerns, as works of art that evoke ancient, sustainable, and communal ways of living, encompassing broad and diverse traditions of readers through time. And of course Latin lived on: this account revisits what happened to the language after the Roman empire, tracing its twin streams - intellectual lingua franca and a series of Romance languages - into the twenty-first century. What emerges is a human chain stretching back thousands of years and still in existence today, a story of workers and weavers, violets and roses, storytellers and musicians, a common and democratic archive of world history. Kerrigan's strong and attractive case for a new conception of Latin sends out a call to arms to reevaluate the place of Latin in history. On the one hand, an interesting and readable history of the language, on the other, this book sets out to provoke questions for readers, students, and teachers of Latin, as well as anyone interested in the ancient Mediterranean world. Latin was and should always be for all.