A natural history of Latin / Tore Janson ; translated and adapted into English by Merethe Damsgard Srensen and Nigel Vincent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Janson, Tore, 1936-

Contributor:

Srensen, Merethe Damsgard.

Vincent, Nigel.

Standardized Title:

Latin. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin language--History.

Latin language.

Latin language, Medieval and modern--History.

Latin language, Medieval and modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (316 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Latin is alive and well. Beginning in Rome around 600 BC it became the international language of the civilized world for 2,000 years. French, Spanish, Italian, and Romanian are among its direct descendants. It provides the vocabulary for law and life science. No known language, including English - itself enriched by Latin words and phrases - has achieved such success and longevity. This book tells its history from origins to the present. Brilliantly conceived, popularizing but. authoritative, and written with the fluency and light touch that have made the author's Speak so attractive to tens o

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Part I: Latin and the Romans; Lingua latina: a first acquaintance; The earliest period of Rome; How Latin became Latin; From small town to great power; How bad were the Romans?; A voice from early Rome; The meeting with Greece; Theatre for the people; The age of revolutions; Writing, reading, listening, and speaking; Speeches, politics, and trials; Cicero and rhetoric; The language of history; Imperium romanum: Augustus and the Roman empire; Name and family; Years and months; Latin becomes the language of Europe; Poetry and poets; Philosophy: Lucretius, Cicero, Seneca

The schools and QuintilianThe sciences; Everyday language; Laws and legal language; Tacitus, the emperors, and Britain; Christianity: from dangerous sect to state religion; Part II: Latin and Europe; Europe after Rome; From Latin to the Romance languages; Missionaries, Latin, and foreign languages; Latin in Britain; Latin in schools; Speaking and spelling; Books and scribes; Saints and heretics; The guardians of the heritage; Poetry after antiquity; Abelard and Héloïse; The thinkers; The Renaissance; Doctors and their language; Linnaeus and Latin; Physicists, chemists, and others

Alchemy, witchcraft, and Harry PotterLoanwords and neologisms; Latin and German; Latin and French; Latin and English; Latin and us; Part III: About the Grammar; Introduction; Pronunciation and stress; Sentences, verbs, and nouns; Words and word classes; Nouns; Adjectives; Pronouns; The forms of the verb; Amandi and Amanda; How words are formed; Part IV: Basic Vocabulary; Part V: Common Phrases and Expressions; Suggested reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Notes:

Translation of: Latin : kulturen, historien, spraket. Stockholm : Wahlstrom and Widstrand, 2002.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-299) and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-155023-X

1-280-75659-4

0-19-153238-X

1-4294-7068-2

OCLC:

437108503