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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      22 September 2009
      13 December 2007
      ISBN:
      9780511482977
      9780521881494
      9781107684584
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511482977
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.49kg, 850 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.22kg, 850 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Classical Studies, Classical Languages, Historical Linguistics, Language and Linguistics
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    Classical Latin appears to be without regional dialects, yet Latin evolved in little more than a millennium into a variety of different languages (the Romance languages: Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese etc.). Was regional diversity apparent from the earliest times, obscured perhaps by the standardisation of writing, or did some catastrophic event in late antiquity cause the language to vary? These questions have long intrigued Latinists and Romance philologists, struck by the apparent uniformity of Latin alongside the variety of Romance. This book, first published in 2007, establishes that Latin was never geographically uniform. The changing patterns of diversity and the determinants of variation are examined from the time of the early inscriptions of Italy, through to late antiquity and the beginnings of the Romance dialects in the western Roman provinces. This is the most comprehensive treatment ever undertaken of the regional diversification of Latin throughout its history in the Roman period.

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    'Without doubt, this book will have a wide-ranging relevance and impact. … [Adams] has produced a rare book of outstanding scope and insight, combining all the best aspects of modern criticism with unrivalled traditional scholarship.'

    Source: Britannia

    ‘A solid study that offers both Latinists and Romance philologists a wealth of interesting evidence and its evaluation in the form of an innovative approach.’

    Axel Schönberger Source: Lusorama

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