• Media type: Book
  • Title: Latin alive : the survival of Latin in English and the Romance languages
  • Contains: 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.
  • Contributor: Solodow, Joseph B. [Author]
  • Published: Cambridge [u.a.]: Cambridge Univ. Press, 2010
  • Issue: 1. publ.
  • Extent: XII, 356 S.; Kt; 23 cm
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 9780521734189; 9780521515757; 0521515750; 0521734185
  • RVK notation: FN 3481 : Sprachgeschichte
    HE 161 : Griechisch; Latein
    IB 1190 : Superstratsprachen
  • Keywords: Latein > Fortleben > Englisch
    Romanische Sprachen
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  • Footnote: Includes bibliographical references and index

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  • Status: Loanable