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The Regional Diversification of Latin 200 BC - Ad 600

by J. N. Adams
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781107684584
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press
  • Publication Date: N/A
  • Pages: 850
  • Original Price: GBP 40.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: Reprint Edition
  • Item Weight: 1225 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): General

Classical Latin appears to be without regional dialects, yet Latin evolved in little more than a millennium into a variety of different languages (the Romance languages: Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese etc.). Was regional diversity apparent from the earliest times, obscured perhaps by the standardisation of writing, or did some catastrophic event in late antiquity cause the language to vary? These questions have long intrigued Latinists and Romance philologists, struck by the apparent uniformity of Latin alongside the variety of Romance. This book, first published in 2007, establishes that Latin was never geographically uniform. The changing patterns of diversity and the determinants of variation are examined from the time of the early inscriptions of Italy, through to late antiquity and the beginnings of the Romance dialects in the western Roman provinces. This is the most comprehensive treatment ever undertaken of the regional diversification of Latin throughout its history in the Roman period.

Adams, J. N.: - J. N. Adams is a Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, University of Oxford.

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