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A Companion to the Latin Language presents a collection of original essays from international scholars that track the development and use of the Latin language from its origins to its modern day usage. Brings together contributions from internationally renowned classicists, linguists and Latin language specialists. Offers, in a single volume, a detailed account of different literary registers of the Latin language. Explores the social and political contexts of Latin. Includes new accounts of the Latin language in light of modern linguistic theory. Supplemented with illustrations covering the development of the Latin alphabet.;1 Introduction / James Clackson -- PART I. Sources. 2 The Latin Alphabet and Orthography / Rex Wallace -- 3 Latin Inscriptions and Documents / James Clackson -- 4 Latin Manuscripts and Textual Traditions / Bruce Gibson -- 5 Romance Languages as a Source for Spoken Latin / Roger Wright.

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BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO THE ANCIENT WORLD This series provides sophisticated - photo 1

BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO THE ANCIENT WORLD

This series provides sophisticated and authoritative overviews of periods of ancient history, genres of classical literature, and the most important themes in ancient culture. Each volume comprises between twenty-five and forty concise essays written by individual scholars within their area of specialization. The essays are written in a clear, provocative, and lively manner, designed for an international audience of scholars, students, and general readers.

ANCIENTHISTORY

Published

A Companion to the Roman Army
Edited by Paul Erdkamp

A Companion to the Roman Republic
Edited by Nathan Rosenstein and Robert Morstein-Marx

A Companion to the Roman Empire
Edited by David S. Potter

A Companion to the Classical Greek World
Edited by Konrad H. Kinzl

A Companion to the Ancient Near East
Edited by Daniel C. Snell

A Companion to the Hellenistic World
Edited by Andrew Erskine

A Companion to Late Antiquity
Edited by Philip Rousseau

A Companion to Archaic Greece
Edited by Kurt A. Raaflaub and Hans van Wees

A Companion to Julius Caesar
Edited by Miriam Griffin

A Companion to Ancient History
Edited by Andrew Erskine

A Companion to Byzantium
Edited by Liz James

A Companion to Ancient Egypt
Edited by Alan B. Lloyd

A Companion to Ancient Macedonia
Edited by Joseph Roisman and Ian Worthington

A Companion to the Punic Wars
Edited by Dexter Hoyos

LITERATURE AND CULTURE

Published

A Companion to Classical Receptions
Edited by Lorna Hardwick and Christopher Stray

A Companion to Greek and Roman Historiography
Edited by John Marincola

A Companion to Catullus
Edited by Marilyn B. Skinner

A Companion to Roman Religion
Edited by Jrg Rpke

A Companion to Greek Religion
Edited by Daniel Ogden

A Companion to the Classical Tradition
Edited by Craig W. Kallendorf

A Companion to Roman Rhetoric
Edited by William Dominik and Jon Hall

A Companion to Greek Rhetoric
Edited by Ian Worthington

A Companion to Ancient Epic
Edited by John Miles Foley

A Companion to Greek Tragedy
Edited by Justina Gregory

A Companion to Latin Literature
Edited by Stephen Harrison

A Companion to Ovid
Edited by Peter E. Knox

A Companion to Greek and Roman Political Thought
Edited by Ryan K. Balot

A Companion to the Ancient Greek Language
Edited by Egbert Bakker

A Companion to Hellenistic Literature
Edited by Martine Cuypers and James J. Clauss

A Companion to Vergils Aeneid and Its Tradition
Edited by Joseph Farrell and Michael C.J. Putnam

A Companion to Horace
Edited by Gregson Davis

A Companion to Families in the Greek and Roman Worlds
Edited by Beryl Rawson

A Companion to Greek Mythology
Edited by Ken Dowden and Niall Livingstone

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This edition first published 2011
2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

A companion to the Latin language / edited by James Clackson.
p. cm. (Blackwell companions to the ancient world)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN 978-1-4051-8605-6 (alk. paper)
1. Latin languageHistory. 2. Latin philology. I. Clackson, James.
PA2057.C66 2011
470dc22

2011009293

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

This book is published in the following electronic formats: ePDFs [ISBN 9781444343366]; Wiley Online Library [ISBN 9781444343397]; ePub [ISBN 9781444343373]; Mobi [ISBN 9781444343380]

List of Illustrations

Figures

Etruscan abecedarium from Marsiliana dAlbegna

The Fibula Praenestina

The Forum inscription

The Duenos inscription

The epitaph of Scipio Barbatus

The earliest Latin abecedarium

The Tibur inscription

Dipinto with cursive E and F

Graffito from Pompeii

Simplified stemma showing the relationship of the principal manuscripts of Catullus

MS Canonicianus class. lat. 30, f. 20r., showing Catullus 63.2656

Sallust, Jug . 9596.1

Hierarchical structure of Sallust, Jug . 9596.1

Papyrus fragment of Gallus found at Qasr Ibrim

Bilingual roof-tile from Pietrabbondante

Monument to Regina ( RIB I.1065)

Tables

The Classical Latin alphabet

Spelling of velars in Very Old Latin inscriptions

Very Old Latin inscriptions of the seventh to sixth centuries BCE

Comparison of archaic Etruscan and Latin letterforms

Variation in Very Old Latin letterforms

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