A natural history of Latin /:

Latin is alive and well. Beginning in Rome around 600 BC it became the international language of the civilized world for 2,000 years. French, Spanish, Italian, and Romanian are among its direct descendants. It provides the vocabulary for law and life science. No known language, including English - i...

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1. Verfasser: Janson, Tore, 1936-
Weitere Verfasser: Sørensen, Merethe Damsgård, Vincent, Nigel
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Swedish
Veröffentlicht: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
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Zusammenfassung:Latin is alive and well. Beginning in Rome around 600 BC it became the international language of the civilized world for 2,000 years. French, Spanish, Italian, and Romanian are among its direct descendants. It provides the vocabulary for law and life science. No known language, including English - itself enriched by Latin words and phrases - has achieved such success and longevity. This book tells its history from origins to the present. Brilliantly conceived, popularizing but. authoritative, and written with the fluency and light touch that have made the author's Speak so attractive to tens o.
Beschreibung:Translation of: Latin : kulturen, historien, språket. Stockholm : Wahlström and Widstrand, 2002.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (x, 305 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-299) and index.
ISBN:9781429470681
1429470682
9780199263097
0199263094
9780191532382
019153238X
9786610756599
6610756597

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