Early and Late Latin
Continuity or Change?
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Word Count
122,500 words, Guess
Page Count
490 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL28609497M
- ISBN-139781107132252
- OCLC Control Number946031767
- Library of Congress Control Number2016011216
Classifications
- LCCPA2510.E27 2016
Description
This book addresses the question of whether there are continuities in Latin spanning the period from the early Republic through to the development of the Romance languages. It is often maintained that various usages admitted by early comedy were rejected later by the literary language but continued in speech, to resurface centuries later in the written record (and Romance). Are certain similarities between early and late Latin all that they seem, or might they be superficial, reflecting different phenomena at different periods? Most of the chapters, on numerous syntactic and other topics and using different methodologies, have a long chronological range. All attempt to identify patterns of change that might undermine any theory of submerged continuity. The patterns found are summarised in a concluding chapter. The volume will appeal to classicists with an interest in any of the different periods of Latin, and also to Romance linguists.
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