| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 836 pages) |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- I. Introductory remarks; some issues in the study of bilingualism -- II. Bilingualism -- III. Elite and sub-elite bilingualism : anecdotal evidence and its shortcomings -- IV. Romans, Greeks and others as language learners -- V. Code-switching, interference and borrowing -- VI. A further note on loan-words -- VII. Sources of information -- VIII. The authorship of inscriptions -- IX. Pidgins and 'reduced' languages -- X. Some concluding remarks. App. Attitudes to the Greek accent in Latin -- 2. Languages in Contact with Latin -- I. Introduction -- II. Oscan, Umbrian, Venetic, Messapic -- III. Etruscan -- IV. Celtic (Gaulish) -- V. Punic -- VI. Libyan, Berber -- VII. Aramaic |
| Summary |
Since the 1980s, bilingualism has become one of the main themes of sociolinguistics - but there are as yet few large-scale treatments of the subject specific to the ancient world. This book is the first work to deal systematically with bilingualism during a period of antiquity (the Roman period, down to about the fourth century AD) in the light of sociolinguistic discussions of bilingual issues. The general theme of the work is the nature of the contact between Latin and numerous other languages spoken in the Roman world. Among the many issues discussed three are prominent: code-switching (the practice of switching between two languages in the course of a single utterance) and its motivation, language contact as a cause of change in one or both of the languages in contact, and the part played by language choice and language switching in the establishment of personal and group identities |
| Analysis |
Latín Historia |
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Lenguas en contacto Roma Historia Hasta 1500 |
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Latín Influencia en lenguas extranj |
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Latín Extranjerismos |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 767-804) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Latin language -- Foreign elements.
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Languages in contact -- Rome -- History -- To 500
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Latin language -- Influence on foreign languages
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Latin language -- Foreign words and phrases.
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Bilingualism -- Rome -- History -- To 1500
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Code switching (Linguistics) -- Rome
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Latin.
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Bilingualism
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Code switching (Linguistics)
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Languages in contact
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Latin language -- Foreign elements
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Latin language -- Foreign words and phrases
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Latin language -- Influence on foreign languages
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Latijn.
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Taalcontact.
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Tweetaligheid.
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Rome (Empire)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0511042736 |
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9780511042737 |
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9780511482960 |
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0511482965 |
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1280434430 |
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9781280434433 |
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0511054483 |
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9780511054488 |
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9780521731515 |
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0521731518 |
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