A Sociophilological Study of Late Latin - Roger Wright
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Sociophilology combines traditional detailed philological expertise with the broader insights of modern sociolinguistics. Late Latin is the native language, both spoken and written, of the former Roman Empire in the Early Middle Ages, sometimes also regarded as being 'Early Romance'. By the thirteenth century Late Latin had split conceptually, from being a single complex living language, into several different living Romance languages, as well as the 'dead' language we now call 'Medieval Latin'. The complex aspects of these developments have been central to Roger Wright's research for many years; this sociophilological study of Late Latin places many texts, authors, scribes and linguistic developments in a coherent historical, intellectual and educational context.
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2003Uitgever: Brepols Publishers389 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 2503513387ISBN-13: 9782503513386Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Sociophilology is a word coined by the author to describe a discipline which combines traditional rigorous philological analysis of texts with the recent insights of sociolinguistics. From these combined perspectives he provides an understanding both of Late Latin (Early Romance) language and of the circumstances of the scribes who have given us the evidence. The chronological span ranges from the later part of the Roman Empire to the thirteenth century. The focus is on the processes by which Latin, at diff...
