Latin Alive The Survival of Latin in English and Romance Languages

Name: Latin Alive The Survival of Latin in English and Romance Languages
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ISBN: 9780521734189

ISBN-10: 0521734185

ISBN-13: 9780521734189

Edition: 2009

Authors: Joseph B. Solodow

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Book details

List price: $43.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/21/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 370
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.452
Language: English

Joseph B. Solodow is professor of foreign languages at Southern Connecticut State University.



List of Maps page


Acknowledgments



Introduction: English Is Not a Cousin to the Romance Languages, Butï¿½



Latin



The Career of Latin, I: From Earliest Times to the Height of Empire



The Career of Latin, II: The Empire Succeeded by Barbarian Kingdoms



Latin at Work, I: Nature of the Language; Names and Qualities; Pronunciation



Latin at Work, II: Actions and States



Vulgar Latin



The Romance Vocabulary



The Lexicon in General; Shifts in the Meaning of Words



Changes in the Form of Words



When Words Collide: Conflict and Resolution in the Lexicon



Immigrants: Non-Latin Words in the Romance Languages



Proto-Romance, or What The Languages Share



The Sound of Proto-Romance



The Noun in Proto-Romance



The Verb in Proto-Romance



Earliest Texts and Future Directions, or Where The Languages Diverge



French



Italian



Spanish


Suggestions for Further Reading


General Index


Index of English Words