| Description |
xx, 356 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
I: The historical background--1. The Roman character--2. How Rome gained an empire--3. The Empire's fall--4. The rise of the Romance nations--5. The overseas expansion of the Romance nations--II: The linguistic evolution--1. The tongues of ancient Italy: archaic and pre-classical Latin--2. The classical period--3. The classical Latin language--4. The triumph of vulgar Latin--5. The great break--6. The dawn of the Romance languages--7. Medieval Romance languages and the rise of Romance literatures--8. Old French and old Provencal--9. Old Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan--10. Old Italian (with Sardinian, Rheto-Rumansh, Dalmation)--11. The mystery of Rumanian--12. The Renaissance--13. The rise and fall of Romance dialects--14. The Romance languages go overseas--15. The beginning of modern times--16. The modern-contemporary period--17. The influence of Latin-Romance on western European languages--18. The influence of Latin-Romance on eastern European and other language groups--19. Present-day geography and demography of the Romance languages--20. The future of the Romance languages: a brief history of Romance philology and linguistics |
| Analysis |
Latin language Influence on Romance |
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Romance languages History |
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Latin language related to Romance languages |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 341-346 |
| Subject |
Latin language -- History.
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Latin language -- Influence on Romance.
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Romance languages -- History.
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| Author |
Gaeng, Paul A.
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| LC no. |
75006352 |
| ISBN |
0060133120 |
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