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Dickey E. , Chahoud A. Colloquial and Literary Latin. - Cambridge University Press, 2010. - 534 p. What is colloquial Latin? What can we learn about it from Roman literature, and how does an understanding of colloquial Latin enhance our appreciation of literature? This book sets out to answer such questions, beginning with examinations of how the term 'colloquial' has been used by linguists and by classicists (and how its Latin equivalents were...

Grandgent C. H. An Introduction to Vulgar Latin. - Boston, D.C. Heath & Co. , 1907. - 248 p. The modern study of Classical Latin creates the illusion that it is a precisely-defined and immutable language; but all living languages are changing continuously, and Latin was no exception. Even in the Classical period many varieties of Latin were written and spoken, and as the Empire collapsed Latin, especially the spoken language of the common pe...

Groton A.H. , May J.M. 38 Latin Stories Designed to Accompany Frederic M. Wheelock's Latin. - Bolchazy Carducci, 1998. - 104 p. Though intended as a supplement to Wheelock's Latin, this book is well suited for use in any introductory Latin course. All the stories in the book are based on actual Latin literature, with the stories simplified at first and made gradually more complex as the work progresses. Students will learn how classical Latin wa...

Herman J. Vulgar Latin. - Pennsylvania State UP, 2000. - 130 p. ISBN: 0271020016 Vulgar Latin refers to those features of Latin language that were not recommended by the classical grammarians but existed nonetheless. Although Vulgar Latin is not well documented, evidence can be deduced from details of the spelling, grammar, and vocabulary that occur in texts of the later Roman Empire, late antiquity, and the early Middle Ages. Every aspect of V...

Janson T. A Natural History of Latin. - Oxford University Press, 2004. - 316 p. Latin is alive and well. Beginning in Rome around 600 BC Latin became the language of the civilized world and remained so for over two millennia. French, Spanish, Italian, and Romanian are among its progeny and it still provides the international vocabulary of law and life science. No known language, including English - itself enriched by Latin words and phrases - ha...

Mountford J. F. , Arnold Th. K. , Bradley G.G. Bradley's Arnold Latin Prose Composition. - Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2006. - 450 p. A newly revised and typeset edition of one of the most popular textbooks used for review of grammar and for writing Latin composition. The gold standard in Latin composition, used by thousands, for good reasons: Bradley's Arnold covers the elements of Latin grammar and syntax methodically, from the basic to the...

Sidwell K. Reading Medieval Latin. - Cambridge University Press, 1995. - 398 p. ISBN: 052144747X Reading Medieval Latin is an anthology of Medieval Latin texts, arranged chronologically and thematically with introductions, commentaries and a vocabulary of nonclassical words and meanings. It is a language textbook, designed to introduce students with one year or more of Latin to the Latin writing and culture of the period A.D. 550- 1200. It is t...

Solodow J.B. Latin Alive. The Survival of Latin in English and the Romance Languages. - Cambridge University Press, 2010. - 368 p. In Latin Alive, Joseph Solodow tells the story of how Latin developed into modern French, Spanish, and Italian, and deeply affected English as well. Offering a gripping narrative of language change, Solodow charts Latin’s course from classical times to the modern era, with focus on the first millennium of the Common...

Stone J.R. More Latin for the Illiterati: A Guide to Medical, Legal and Religious Latin. - Routledge / Taylor & Francis, 1999. - 208 p. Scientia est potentia (knowledge is power)! More Latin for the Illiterati demystifies the terminology of modern courtrooms and hospitals, untangles some of the most complex and unforgiving examples of Latin abbreviation, and allows readers to explore the classical roots of law, medicine and the ministry. Th...

Wheelock F.M. , Lafleur R.A. Wheelock's Latin. - Collins, 2005. - 560 p. The classic, single–volume introductory Latin textbook, introduced in 1956 and still the bestselling and most highly regarded textbook of its kind. Wheelock's Latin, sixth edition, revised, has all the features that have made it the best–selling single–volume beginning Latin textbook, many of them revised and expanded: 40 chapters with grammatical explanations and reading...