TY  - BOOK
AU  - Solodow,Joseph B.
TI  - Latin alive: the survival of Latin in English and the Romance languages 
SN  - 9780511658518
AV  - PA2057 .S65 2010eb
U1  - 470.9 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Latin language
KW  - History
KW  - Influence on Romance
KW  - Influence on English
KW  - Romance languages
KW  - Latin (Langue)
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Langues romanes
KW  - FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY
KW  - Latin
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Latijn
KW  - gtt
KW  - Romaanse talen
KW  - Engels
KW  - Historische linguïstiek
KW  - Englisch
KW  - swd
KW  - Latein
KW  - Romanische Sprachen
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Introduction : English is not a cousin to the Romance languages, but-- -- The career of Latin, I : from earliest times to the height of Empire -- The career of Latin, II : the Empire succeeded by barbarian kingdoms -- Latin at work, I : nature of the language; names and qualities; pronunciation -- Latin at work, II : actions and states -- Vulgar Latin -- The lexicon in general; shifts in the meaning of words -- Changes in the form of words -- When words collide : conflict and resolution in the lexicon -- Immigrants : non-Latin words in the Romance languages -- The sound of Proto-Romance -- The noun in Proto-Romance -- The verb in Proto-Romance -- French -- Italian -- Spanish
N2  - 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 book tells 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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