The Foundations of Latin

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A synthesizing work which attempts to fill in perceived gaps in other standard histories of the Latin language. The author specifically treats the connections of Latin to other Indo-European languages, cultural and historical perspectives of the development of the language, the evolution of sentence structure, and historical linguistic methodology. Particular emphasis is placed upon the inscriptional and philological record. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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ISBN-13: 9783110162943
Publisher: De Gruyter
Publication date: 1/28/1999
Series: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] Series , #117
Pages: 564
Product dimensions: 6.30 (w) x 9.10 (h) x 1.40 (d)

	Preface
	List of figures
	List of maps
	List of plates
	List of tables
	Acknowledgments
	Credits
	Abbreviations and symbols
	Transcription conventions
Ch. 1	Indo-European and the Indo-European languages	1
Ch. 2	An outline of Proto-Indo-European	47
Ch. 3	Ancient Italy and its Indo-Europeanization	93
Ch. 4	The languages of ancient Italy	118
Ch. 5	Materials for the study of Latin	196
Ch. 6	The development of the Latin phonological system from PIE	242
Ch. 7	The development of the Latin morphological system from PIE	300
	References	411
	Classical sources cited	444
	Indexes of forms	445
	Index of authors	515
	Index of classical references	520
	Index of subjects	522

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