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The Latin Language

4.08  ·  Rating Details  ·  13 Ratings  ·  3 Reviews
This excellent study traces the relation of Latin to other Indo-European languages and guides the reader lucidly through Latin phonology, morphology, and syntax. It should prove fascinating not only to Latinists but also to linguists generally and, expecially, to students of Romance languages. Over the years, readers have found that Palmer’s treatment of this so-called dea ...more
Paperback, 384 pages
Published March 15th 1988 by University of Oklahoma Press (first published 1954)
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James F
Feb 04, 2015 James F rated it really liked it
Shelves: linguistics
In my high school Latin class I memorized forms and constructions. After reading this, I finally learned the historical reasons why they were what they were.

The book begins with a history of the language, from the beginnings (the author discusses the relationship of Latin to the Italic languages, to Celtic and to Greek), what can be inferred of the spoken language, through the literary works of the classical period, late Latin, the rise of Christian Latin and ends with the end of the Roman Empi
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Phil
Aug 27, 2012 Phil rated it really liked it
Shelves: classics-latin
Expansive and all-encompassing. He does a brilliant job changing topics, as good a reviewer of literary styles as he is of historical linguistics. His discussion of the linguistics of Latin itself, however, I found to be very thick in some parts and far too thin in others: why so much devotion to the evolution of partitive genitives but zero discussion on the appearance and evolution of deponent verbs? Otherwise, fantastic.
Colin
Not quite as good as his history of the Greek language, nevertheless Palmer's history of Latin is quite good.
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