Latin Linguistics An Introduction 1st Edition by Wolfgang David Cirilo De Melo ISBN 3111173542 9783111173542

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ISBN 10: 3111173542

ISBN 13: 978-3111173542

Author: Wolfgang David Cirilo De Melo

Latin Linguistics: An Introduction 1st Edition: 

Latin Linguistics is intended as an overview of the main areas of linguistics geared specifically to the scholar of Latin. The book consists of eight chapters: an introduction followed by discussions of phonology, morphology, syntax, variation linguistics, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics, with a final chapter discussing texts from three different periods to demonstrate how linguistic analysis can deepen our understanding of Latin.

Most introductions to phonology cover a range of theories, such as Autosegmental Phonology or Optimality Theory; these contribute relatively little to our understanding of Latin as such. On the other hand, a Latinist needs to know how we can reconstruct pronunciation, what the limits of reconstruction are, and how closely orthography mirrors pronunciation. My chapter on phonology deals with these aspects. The same can be said, mutatis mutandis, for the other chapters.

What makes this book unique, then, is the fact that it covers a wide range of topics in a deliberately selective way, tailored to the needs of Latinists.

 

Latin Linguistics: An Introduction 1st Edition Table of contents:

Chapter 1: By Way of Introduction
1.1 Periodization
1.2 Synchrony and Diachrony
1.3 The Comparative Method and Indo-European
1.4 Corpus Methods
1.5 Register and Style
1.6 How to Use This Book
1.7 Further Reading

Chapter 2: Phonetics and Phonology
2.1 Sounds and Spelling
2.2 Sound Change: From Indo-European to Latin
2.3 Sound Change: From Latin to the Romance Languages
2.4 Further Reading

Chapter 3: Morphology
3.1 Basic Concepts
3.2 Synchronic Problems of Morphology
3.3 Morphological Developments: From Indo-European to Latin
3.4 Morphological Developments: From Latin to Romance
3.5 Excursus: Grammatical Gender in Latin
3.6 Further Reading

Chapter 4: Syntax
4.1 The Case System
4.2 Tense and Aspect
4.3 Pragmatic Influences on Syntactic Patterns
4.4 Word Order
4.5 Complementation
4.6 Further Reading

Chapter 5: Dialectal Variation, Language Contact, and Sondersprachen
5.1 Dialects
5.2 Latin in Contact with Other Languages
5.3 Sondersprachen
5.4 Conclusions
5.5 Further Reading

Chapter 6: Pragmatics
6.1 Common Topics
6.2 Explicitness and Stylistic Choices
6.3 Politeness
6.4 Pragmatics as Language in Action
6.5 Further Reading

Chapter 7: Sociolinguistics
7.1 Attitudes to Accents
7.2 Female Speech
7.3 The Rise of the Grammarians
7.4 Some Final Thoughts
7.5 Further Reading

Chapter 8: Three Texts
8.1 An Early Faliscan Inscription
8.2 A Passage from the Bellum Hispaniense
8.3 A Paraphrase of Cato by Gellius

 

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