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Vulgar
Latin József Herman
Translated
by Roger Wright
May 2000 | 5 1/2 x 8 inches
Rhetoric, Language and Linguistics, History
Hardback: $55.00 SH
ISBN: 978-0-271-02000-6
Paperback: $22.00 SH
ISBN: 978-0-271-02001-3
Vulgar
Latin refers to those features of Latin language that were not recommended
by the classical grammarians but existed nonetheless. Although Vulgar
Latin is not well documented, evidence can be deduced from details
of the spelling, grammar, and vocabulary that occur in texts of the
later Roman Empire, late antiquity, and the early Middle Ages. Every
aspect of Vulgar Latin is exemplified in this book, proving that the
language is not separate in itself, but an integral part of Latin.
Originally published in French in 1967, Vulgar Latin was
translated more recently into Spanish in an expanded and revised
version. The English translation by Roger Wright accurately portrays
Vulgar Latin as a complicated field of study, where little is known
with absolute certainty, but a great deal can be worked out with
considerable probability through careful critical analysis of the
data. This text is an invaluable aid to research and understanding
for all those interested in Latin, Romance languages, historical
linguistics, early medieval texts, and early medieval history.
József
Herman is the former director of the Linguistic Research Institute
at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and is currently Professor of
Latin Linguistics at the University of Venice. He is a well-known
authority on the history of later Latin and the prehistory of Romance
languages.
Roger Wright is Professor of Spanish at the University of Liverpool.
He is editor of Latin and the Romance Languages in the Early Middle
Ages (paperback issued by Penn State, 1996). His other books include Late Latin and Early Romance (in Spain in Carolingian France) (Cairns,
1982) and Spanish Ballads: A Critical Guide (Grant and Cutler,
1991).
