:The Survival of Latin in English and the Romance Languages
/ Joseph B. Solodow, Southern Connecticut State University Yale University
Cambridge ;New York
: Cambridge University Press
, 2010.
xii, 356 p.
: ill., maps
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Introduction : English is not a cousin to the Romance languages, but-- -- The career of Latin, I : from earliest times to the height of Empire -- The career of Latin, II : the Empire succeeded by barbarian kingdoms -- Latin at work, I : nature of the language; names and qualities; pronunciation -- Latin at work, II : actions and states -- Vulgar Latin -- The lexicon in general; shifts in the meaning of words -- Changes in the form of words -- When words collide : conflict and resolution in the lexicon -- Immigrants : non-Latin words in the Romance languages -- The sound of Proto-Romance -- The noun in Proto-Romance -- The verb in Proto-Romance -- French -- Italian -- Spanish.