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Social Variation and the Latin Language
Social Variation and the Latin Language
Author: J. N. Adams
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 languages demonstrate that linguistic change does not merely come, i...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521886147
ISBN-10: 0521886147
Publication Date: 7/31/2013
Pages: 952
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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