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Latinization, local languages, and literacies in the Roman West /

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"The patchwork of local languages which existed across the western provinces in the Iron Age was radically reconfigured by the rise of Latin. Latinization, Local Languages and Literacies in the Roman West offers a detailed anatomy of the local and regional patterning across Britain, Gaul, the G...

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Other Authors: Mullen, Alex, 1982- (Editor), Willi, Anna (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Series:Oxford studies in ancient documents.
Subjects:
Multilingualism > Europe, Western > History.
Lingua francas > Europe, Western > History.
Latin language > Europe, Western > History.
Europe, Western > Languages > History.
Latin language > Social aspects > Europe, Western > History > To 1500.
Latin language > Political aspects > Europe, Western > History > To 1500.
Roman provinces > Europe, Western.
Multilinguisme > Europe de l'Ouest > Histoire.
Latin (Langue) > Europe de l'Ouest > Histoire.
HISTORY.
Social History.
Sociolinguistics.
Linguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES.
Language teaching & learning.
Language.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Exploring life and languages in the Roman western provinces : methods, materials, and mindsets / Alex Mullen
  • Indigenous languages, bilingualism, and literacy in Hispania Citerior, third century BCE -first century CE / Noemí Moncunill
  • The rise of Latin in Hispania Ulterior, third century BCE -second century CE / María José Estarán Tolosa and Javier Herrera Rando
  • The epigraphic habit in post-conquest Hispania ; a geospatial analysis of the epigraphic data and self-governing communities / Pieter Houten
  • The languages and epigraphies of Iron Age and Roman Gaul / Alex Mullen
  • The onomastics of the Batavian civitas in the context of the latinization of Gallia Belgica and Germania Inferior / Marie-Thérèse Raepsaet-Charlier
  • Literacy in Gaul : the value of instrumentum / Michel Feugère and Anna Willi
  • Writing Latin in Germania Superior / Anna WIlli
  • Writing equipment and Latin literacy in the Netherlands : an archaeological perspective / Jasper de Bruin
  • Languages and literacies in Roman Britain / Alex Mullen
  • Intermezzo / Greg Woolf
  • Appendix 1. Texts reflecting bi/multilingualism
  • Appendix 2. Data from Morgane Andrieu concerting targeted work to identify unpublished graffiti on ceramic (presenting corpora above 30 graffiti only)