{"product_id":"roman-perspectives-on-linguistic-diversity-adam-gitner-9780197611975","title":"Roman Perspectives on Linguistic Diversity: Guardians of a Changing Language","description":"Thirty years ago Robert Kaster's \u003cem\u003eGuardians of Language: The Grammarian and Society in Late Antiquity\u003c\/em\u003e investigated ancient Greco-Roman grammarians as social agents within their social and cultural context. This collection of twelve essays develops that line of inquiry by focusing on one dimension of their activity: how Roman grammarians - as well as scholars and intellectuals more broadly - described, made sense of, and resisted linguistic diversity within the Roman republic and empire. This includes social and diachronic variety within Latin as well as multilingual contact with Greek and other Mediterranean languages. The essays cover five centuries of Latin reflection on language, from Varro to the fifth or sixth century CE. The book concludes with an autobiographical Epilogue by Robert Kaster about the origins of \u003cem\u003eGuardians of Language \u003c\/em\u003eand updates to the prosopography of known ancient grammarians found in \u003cem\u003eGuardians\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adam Gitner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0197611974\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197611975\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/05\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.20w x 1.60d","brand":"Adam Gitner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44071304331519,"sku":"9780197611975","price":83.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_86515746-a124-489c-a349-14d7c16e0ed8.jpg?v=1685435314","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/roman-perspectives-on-linguistic-diversity-adam-gitner-9780197611975","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}