Title: Language and rhythm in Plautus : synchronic and diachronic studies /
Authors: Fortson, Benjamin W.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Plautus, Titus Maccius Versification.; Plautus, Titus Maccius Language.; Plautus, Titus Maccius Criticism and interpretation.; Latin language Prosodic analysis.
Contents: Preliminaries -- Plautine iambo-trochaics -- The linguistic background of Luchs's law -- Meyer's and Jacobsohn's laws -- Enjambement -- The aphaeresis of Est -- Breuis Breuians I -- Breuis Breuians II -- Towards a reconstruction of the prosody of Plautine Latin speech.