Aspects of the Language of Latin Prose

by Michael Lapidge and James Noel Adams

Twenty articles from two often dissociated areas of Latin studies, classical and medieval Latin, examine continuities and developments in the language of Latin prose from its emergence to the twelfth century. Language is not understood in a narrowly philological or linguistic sense, but as encompassing the literary exploitation of linguistic effects and the influence of formal rhetoric on prose. Key themes explored throughout the volume are the use...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197263321
• ISBN13: 9780197263327
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: British Academy
• Length: 450 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.3" x 6.6" x 9.0"