Latin Alive: The Survival of Latin in English and the Romance Languages
In Latin Alive, Joseph Solodow tells the story of how Latin developed into modern French, Spanish, and Italian, and deeply affected English as well. Offering a gripping narrative of language change, Solodow charts Latin's course from classical times to the modern era, with focus on the first millennium of the Common Era. Though the Romance languages evolved directly from Latin, Solodow shows how every important feature of Latin's evolution is also reflected in English. His story includes scores of intriguing etymologies, along with many concrete examples of texts, studies, scholars, anecdotes, and historical events; observations on language; and more. Written with crystalline clarity, this is the first book to tell the story of the Romance languages for the general reader and to illustrate so amply Latin's many-sided survival in English as well.
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Contents
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From Earliest Times to the Height of Empire
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9 |
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Peoples of Early Italy
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23 |
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The Roman Empire at Its Height
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29 |
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The Empire Succeeded by Barbarian
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31 |
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Europe in 486
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43 |
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GalloRomance
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53 |
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Nature of the Language Names and Qualities
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56 |
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Actions and States
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83 |
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NonLatin Words in the Romance Languages
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181 |
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PROTOROMANCE OR WHAT
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199 |
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The Noun in ProtoRomance
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226 |
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The Verb in ProtoRomance
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245 |
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EARLIEST TEXTS AND FUTURE
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263 |
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The Kingdoms of Charlemagnes Grandsons
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269 |
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Italian
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291 |
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Spanish
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310 |
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Vulgar Latin
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107 |
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The Lexicon in General Shifts in the Meaning of Words
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127 |
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Changes in the Form of Words
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144 |
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Conflict and Resolution in the Lexicon
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158 |
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Iberia
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311 |
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Suggestions for Further Reading
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Latin Alive: The Survival of Latin in English and the Romance Languages Joseph B. Solodow Limited preview - 2010 |
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Common terms and phrases
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