Latin Alive: The Survival of Latin in English and the Romance Languages (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521734189)

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 Era. Though the Romance languages evolved directly from Latin, Solodow shows how every important feature of Latin's evolution is also reflected in English. His story includes scores of intriguing etymologies, along with many concrete examples of texts, studies, scholars, anecdotes, and historical events; observations on language; and more. Written with crystalline clarity, this is the first book to tell the story of the Romance languages for the general reader and to illustrate so amply Latin's many-sided survival in English as well.

Author: Joseph B. Solodow
ISBN-10: 0521734185
ISBN-13: 9780521734189
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/21/2010
Pages: 370
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d