A Companion to the Latin Language [Hardcover]

• Brings together contributions from internationally renowned classicists, linguists and Latin language specialists
• Offers, in a single volume, a detailed account of different literary registers of the Latin language
• Explores the social and political contexts of Latin
• Includes new accounts of the Latin language in light of modern linguistic theory
• Supplemented with illustrations covering the development of the Latin alphabet

List of Illustrations viii

Notes on Contributors x

Abbreviations of Ancient Authors and Works xiv

Abbreviations of Modern Sources xx

Symbols Used xxiv

Linguistic and Other Abbreviations xxv

1 Introduction 1
James Clackson

PART I Sources 7

2 The Latin Alphabet and Orthography 9
Rex Wallace

3 Latin Inscriptions and Documents 29
James Clackson

4 Latin Manuscripts and Textual Traditions 40
Bruce Gibson

5 Romance Languages as a Source for Spoken Latin 59
Roger Wright

PART II The Language 81

6 The Sounds of Latin: Phonology 83
Matthew McCullagh

7 Latin Prosody and Metrics 92
Benjamin W. Fortson IV

8 The Forms of Latin: Inflectional Morphology 105