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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      25 May 2023
      15 June 2023
      ISBN:
      9781108888387
      9781108841009
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108888387
      Dimensions:
      (279 x 216 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      2.02kg, 700 Pages
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      • Subjects:
      Classical Studies, Classical Languages, Historical Linguistics, Language and Linguistics
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    Why, when, and how did speakers of ancient Greek borrow words from Latin? Which words did they borrow? Who used Latin loanwords, and how? Who avoided them, and why? How many words were borrowed, and what kind of word? How long did the loanwords survive? Until now, attempts to answer such questions have been based on incomplete and often misleading evidence, but this study offers the first comprehensive collection of evidence from papyri, inscriptions, and literature from the fifth century BC to the sixth century AD. That collection – included in the book as a lexicon of Latin loanwords – is examined using insights from linguistic work on modern languages to provide new answers that often differ strikingly from earlier ones. The analysis is accessibly presented, and the lexicon offers a firm foundation for future work in this area.

    Reviews

    ‘An extraordinary achievement … a resource that will continue to pay dividends for decades to come.’

    Source: Bryn Mawr Classical Review

    ‘A masterly work of extreme richness …’

    Éric Dieu Source: Bryn Mawr Classical Review

    ‘… indispensable for anyone interested in or confronted by the subject. … This study will remain definitive for many years.’

    Leofranc Holford-Strevens Source: Bryn Mawr Classical Review

    ‘This study, which can be said to be definitive, is a reference work and will be of interest to many specialists. It reinforces the idea that the influence of Latin on Greek now deserves a chapter in its own right in the histories of the Greek language.’

    Bruno Rochette Source: Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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