The regional diversification of Latin, 200 BC - AD 600 /:

"This book 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 provi...

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Main Author: Adams, J. N. (James Noel)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:"This book 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."--Jacket
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 828 pages) : maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 747-785) and indexes.
ISBN:9780511379161
0511379161
0511378297
9780511378294
9780511482977
0511482973
9781107684584
1107684587

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