| Latin and the Romance Languages in the Middle Ages Contributor(s): Wright, Roger (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0271029870 ISBN-13: 9780271029870 Publisher: Penn State University Press OUR PRICE: $35.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1995 Annotation: This book makes available for the first time in paperback the results of an important interdisciplinary conference held at Rutgers University in 1989. Eighteen internationally known specialists in linguistics, history, philology, Latin, and Romance languages tackle the difficult question of how and when Latin evolved into the Romance languages of French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Catalan. The result is a stimulating and open exchange that offers the most up-to-date and accessible coverage of the topic. Contributors are Paul M. Lloyd, Tore Janson, Jszsef Herman, Alberto Varvaro, Thomas D. Cravens, Harm Pinkster, John N. Green, Roger Wright, Marc Van Uytfanghe, Rosamond McKitterick, Katrien Heene, Michel Banniard, Birte Stengaard, Carmen Pensado, Thomas J. Walsh, Robert Blake, Antsnio Emiliano, and Marcel Danesi. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - Foreign Language Study | Romance Languages (other) - Reference |
| Dewey: 440.090 |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.78 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
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| Publisher Description: This book makes available for the first time in paperback the results of an important interdisciplinary conference held at Rutgers University in 1989. Eighteen internationally known specialists in linguistics, history, philology, Latin, and Romance languages tackle the difficult question of how and when Latin evolved into the Romance languages of French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Catalan. The result is a stimulating and open exchange that offers the most up-to-date and accessible coverage of the topic. Contributors are Paul M. Lloyd, Tore Janson, J zsef Herman, Alberto Varvaro, Thomas D. Cravens, Harm Pinkster, John N. Green, Roger Wright, Marc Van Uytfanghe, Rosamond McKitterick, Katrien Heene, Michel Banniard, Birte Stengaard, Carmen Pensado, Thomas J. Walsh, Robert Blake, Ant nio Emiliano, and Marcel Danesi. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wright, Roger: - Roger Wright is Senior Lecturer in Spanish at the University of Liverpool and author of Late Latin and Early Romance in Spain and Carolingian France (1982). |