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The Latin language

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University of Oklahoma Press, Apr 1, 1988 - Foreign Language Study - 372 pages

This excellent study traces the relation of Latin to other Indo-European languages and guides the reader lucidly through Latin phonology, morphology, and syntax. It should prove fascinating not only to Latinists but also to linguists generally and, expecially, to students of Romance languages. Over the years, readers have found that Palmer's treatment of this so-called dead language reveals Latin's continuing vitality and "soul."

  

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User Review  - Phil - Goodreads

Expansive and all-encompassing. He does a brilliant job changing topics, as good a reviewer of literary styles as he is of historical linguistics. His discussion of the linguistics of Latin itself ... Read full review

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User Review  - Colin - Goodreads

Not quite as good as his history of the Greek language, nevertheless Palmer's history of Latin is quite good. Read full review

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Contents

LATIN AND THE OTHER INDOEUROPEAN LANGUAGES
3
THE PROTOLATINS IN ITALY
33
THE LATIN DIALECTS AND THE EARLIEST TEXTS
59
SPOKEN LATINPLAUTUS AND TERENCE
74
VULGAR LATIN
148
SPECIAL LANGUAGESCHRISTIAN LATIN
181
PHONOLOGY
209
MORPHOLOGY
233
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About the author (1988)

Leonard R. Palmer was Professor of Comparative Philology at the University of Oxford and the author of over fifteen books, among them The Latin Language (University of Oklahoma Press).

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