A natural history of Latin /
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Author / Creator: | Janson, Tore, 1936- |
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Uniform title: | Latin. English |
Imprint: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004. |
Description: | 1 online resource (x, 305 pages) |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11152765 |
Other authors / contributors: | Sørensen, Merethe Damsgård. Vincent, Nigel. |
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ISBN: | 9781429470681 1429470682 9780199263097 0199263094 9780191532382 019153238X 0199263094 9786610756599 6610756597 9780199214051 0199214050 |
Notes: | Translation of: Latin : kulturen, historien, språket. Stockholm : Wahlström and Widstrand, 2002. Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-299) and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified]: HathiTrust Digital Library. 2021. 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. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 Translation of: Latin : kulturen, historien, språket. Stockholm : Wahlström and Widstrand, 2002. digitized 2021. HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record. |
Summary: | 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. |
Other form: | Print version: Janson, Tore, 1936- Latin. English. Natural history of Latin. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004 0199263094 9780199263097 |
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