A Companion to the Latin Language

Copyright © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

A Companion to the Latin Language

Editor(s): James Clackson

Published Online: 29 MAR 2012 08:02AM EST

Print ISBN: 9781405186056

Online ISBN: 9781444343397

DOI: 10.1002/9781444343397

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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

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xxvi)

    1. Chapter 1

      Introduction (pages 1–6)

      James Clackson

  3. Part I: Sources

    1. Chapter 2

      The Latin Alphabet and Orthography (pages 7–28)

      Rex Wallace

    2. Chapter 3

      Latin Inscriptions and Documents (pages 29–39)

      James Clackson

    3. Chapter 4

      Latin Manuscripts and Textual Traditions (pages 40–58)

      Bruce Gibson

    4. Chapter 5

      Romance Languages as a Source for Spoken Latin (pages 59–79)

      Roger Wright

  4. Part II: The Language

    1. Chapter 6

      The Sounds of Latin: Phonology (pages 81–91)

      Matthew McCullagh

    2. Chapter 7

      Latin Prosody and Metrics (pages 92–104)

      Benjamin W. Fortson

    3. Chapter 8

      The Forms of Latin: Inflectional Morphology (pages 105–117)

      James Clackson

    4. Chapter 9

      Latin Syntax (pages 118–143)

      Geoffrey Horrocks

    5. Chapter 10

      Latin Vocabulary (pages 144–156)

      Michèle Fruyt

    6. Chapter 11

      Word-Formation in Classical Latin (pages 157–175)

      Michèle Fruyt

    7. Chapter 12

      Latin Particles and the Grammar of Discourse (pages 176–195)

      Caroline Kroon

  5. Part III: Latin through Time

    1. Chapter 13

      The Historical Background to Latin within the Indo-European Language Family (pages 197–219)

      Benjamin W. Fortson

    2. Chapter 14

      Archaic and Old Latin (pages 220–235)

      John Penney

    3. Chapter 15

      Classical Latin (pages 236–256)

      James Clackson

    4. Chapter 16

      Late Latin (pages 257–283)

      J. N. Adams

    5. Chapter 17

      Medieval Latin (pages 284–302)

      Greti Dinkova-Bruun

    6. Chapter 18

      Neo-Latin (pages 303–318)

      David Butterfield

  6. Part IV: Literary Registers of Latin

    1. Chapter 19

      The Language of Roman Comedy (pages 319–343)

      Wolfgang de Melo

    2. Chapter 20

      The Language of Latin Epic and Lyric Poetry (pages 344–366)

      Rolando Ferri

    3. Chapter 21

      The Language of Latin Verse Satire (pages 367–383)

      Anna Chahoud

    4. Chapter 22

      The Language of Roman Oratory and Rhetoric (pages 384–407)

      J. G. F. Powell

    5. Chapter 23

      The Language of Latin Historiography (pages 408–425)

      Christina Shuttleworth Kraus

    6. Chapter 24

      Epistolary Latin (pages 426–444)

      Hilla Halla-aho

    7. Chapter 25

      Latin as a Technical and Scientific Language (pages 445–463)

      Thorsten Fögen

    8. Chapter 26

      Legal Latin (pages 464–484)

      J. G. F. Powell

    9. Chapter 27

      Christian Latin (pages 485–501)

      Philip Burton

  7. Part V: Latin in Social and Political Contexts

    1. Chapter 28

      The Social Dialects of Latin (pages 503–526)

      James Clackson

    2. Chapter 29

      Latin and Other Languages: Societal and Individual Bilingualism (pages 527–548)

      Alex Mullen

    3. Chapter 30

      Language Policies in the Roman Republic and Empire (pages 549–563)

      Bruno Rochette

    4. Chapter 31

      Latin inside and outside of Rome (pages 564–581)

      Giovanbattista Galdi

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      References (pages 582–618)

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      Index Locorum (pages 619–626)

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      Index (pages 627–634)

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