Clackson, James
A Companion to the Latin Language
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
Keywords: Latin Literature, Ancient languages, Indo-European Language, Latin vocabulary, Romance language, Roman culture
- Author(s)
- Clackson, James
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2011
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Series
- Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
- Page amount
- 640 pages
- Category
- Litterary Studies
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781444343373
- Printed ISBN
- 9781405186056