Colloquial and Literary Latin |
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| Editor:
| Dickey, Eleanor
Chahoud, Anna |
| ISBN: | 978-1-107-68441-6 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2016 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $36.99 |
Book Description:
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How did the Latin of casual conversation differ from that of formal writing? How much colloquial Latin appears in surviving literature, and how can we tell? Twenty-six of the world's leading Latin scholars discuss these and other questions, making a major scholarly debate accessible in English for the first time.
How did the Latin of casual conversation differ from that of formal writing? How much colloquial Latin appears in surviving literature, and how can we tell? Twenty-six of the world's leading Latin scholars discuss these and other questions, making a major scholarly debate accessible in English for the first time.