Latin Story of a World Language |
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| Author:
| Leonhardt, Jürgen |
| Translator:
| Kronenberg, Kenneth |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-05807-1 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2013 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Imprint: | Belknap Press |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $36.00 |
Book Description:
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The mother tongue of the Roman Empire and the lingua franca of the West for centuries afterward, Latin survives today primarily in classrooms and texts. Yet this "dead language" is unique in the influence it has exerted across centuries and continents. Jürgen Leonhardt offers the story of the first "world language," from antiquity to the present.
The mother tongue of the Roman Empire and the lingua franca of the West for centuries afterward, Latin survives today primarily in classrooms and texts. Yet this "dead language" is unique in the influence it has exerted across centuries and continents. Jürgen Leonhardt offers the story of the first "world language," from antiquity to the present.