The Latin Language

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University of Oklahoma Press, 1988 - Foreign Language Study - 372 pages

This excellent study traces the relation of Latin to other Indo-European languages and guides the reader lucidly through Latin phonology, morphology, and syntax. It should prove fascinating not only to Latinists but also to linguists generally and, expecially, to students of Romance languages. Over the years, readers have found that Palmer’s treatment of this so-called dead language reveals Latin’s continuing vitality and "soul."

 

Contents

LATIN AND THE OTHER INDOEUROPEAN LANGUAGES
3
THE PROTOLATINS IN ITALY
33
THE LATIN DIALECTS AND THE EARLIEST TEXTS 59
59
SPOKEN LATINPLAUTUS AND TERENCE 74 14
74
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LITERARY LANGUAGE 55
95
VULGAR LATIN
148
SPECIAL LANGUAGESCHRISTIAN LATIN
181
PHONOLOGY
209
MORPHOLOGY
233
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