Vulgar Latin / József Herman ; translated by Roger Wright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herman, József.

Contributor:

Wright, Roger.

Standardized Title:

Latin vulgaire. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin language, Vulgar.

Physical Description:

xiv, 130 pages : map ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2000]

Contents:

1 "Vulgar" Latin: Terminology and Problems 1

2 The Historical Context 9

3 Sources and Methods 17

4 Phonetic Evolution 27

1. Vowels 27

2. Consonants 38

a) Word-Final Consonants 39

b) Palatalization 42

c) Intervocalic Consonants 45

d) Consonant Clusters 47

5 Inflectional Morphology 49

1. Nominal Morphology 49

2. Verbal Morphology 68

6 Phrases and Sentences 81

1. Noun Phrases 81

2. The Simple Sentence 85

3. Compound Sentences 87

7 Vocabulary 95

1. Invariant Words 95

2. Inflected Words 97

a) Lexical Substitutions 97

b) Semantic Changes 102

c) Affixation and Compounding 104

d) Foreign Words 105

8 More General Problems 109

1. The End of the History of Latin 109

2. The Geographical Diversification of Latin 115

3. The Main Lines of Vulgar Development 120.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [125]-130).

ISBN:

0271020008

0271020016

OCLC:

41465804