Social variation and the Latin language

"Languages show variations according to the social class of speakers, and Latin was no exception, as readers of Petronius are aware. The Romance languages have traditionally been regarded as developing out of a 'language of the common people' (Vulgar Latin), but studies of modern lang...

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Auteur principal: Adams, J. N. 1943- (Auteur)
Format: Livre
Langue:English
Publié: Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2013
Édition:1. publ.
Sujets:Latin language Romance languages Latin language, Vulgar Latin philology Latein Soziolinguistik
Description matérielle:XXI, 933 S.