Latin alive
Subtitle: the survival of Latin in English and Romance languages
By: Joseph Solodow.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780521515757; 9780521734189
Subjects: Latin language -- History; Latin language -- Influence on Romance; Latin language -- Influence on English; Romance languages -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Is English a cousin to the Romance languages?; title: The career of Latin I : from earliest times to the height of Empire; title: The career of Latin II : the Empire succeeded by barbarian kingdoms; title: Latin at work I : nature of the language; names and qualities; pronunciation; title: Latin at work II : actions and states; title: Vulgar Latin; title: The lexicon in general; shifts in the meaning of words; title: Changes in the form of words; title: When words collide : conflict and resolution in the lexicon; title: Immigrants : non-Latin words in the Romance languages; title: The sound of Proto-Romance; title: The noun in Proto-Romance; title: The verb in Proto-Romance; title: French; title: Italian; title: Spanish.