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Latin alive : the survival of Latin in English and Romance languages /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Solodow, Joseph B.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Latin language > History.
Latin language > Influence on Romance.
Latin language > Influence on English.
Romance languages > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : English is not a cousin to the Romance languages, but--
  • 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 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
  • The sound of Proto-Romance
  • The noun in Proto-Romance
  • The verb in Proto-Romance
  • French
  • Italian
  • Spanish.