Description
Book SynopsisAn exploration of Vulgar Latin, those features of Latin language that were not recommended by the classical grammarians but existed nonetheless. It portrays the subject as a complicated one, where little is known with certainty, but a great deal can be worked out from analysis of the data.
Trade Review“Undoubtedly the most intelligent and clearly and cogently presented analysis of the whole topic of popular Latin’s development that I have ever read. This book has no equal that I know of.”
—Paul Lloyd,University of Pennsylvania
“No other book presents the complexities involved in the developments from Latin to Romance in such a compact synthesis. Vulgar Latin should be one of the standard references for scholars and students interested in the historical development of the Romance languages.”
—Robert Blake,University of California, Davis
“This is a marvelous and definitive book, having been written by one who is an acknowledged master in his field, and translated by a man who is now his equal. Thus two first-class minds come together and their mastery of the subject is conveyed (as true mastery often is) with easy, charming and limpid simplicity. The result is an essential book for specialists, which will also be attractive (mirabile dictu!) to all amateurs of language.”
—David Daintree Parergon
“This little book is highly recommended as an essential contribution to our knowledge of the development of Latin and the emergence of the romance languages.”
—David Daintree Parergon
“This is a marvelous and definitive book, having been written by one who is an acknowledged master in his field, and translated by a man who is now his equal. Thus two first-class minds come together and their mastery of the subject is conveyed (as true mastery often is) with easy, charming and limpid simplicity. The result is an essential book for specialists, which will also be attractive (mirabile dictu!) to all amateurs of language. . . . This little book is highly recommended as an essential contribution to our knowledge of the development of Latin and the emergence of romance languages.”
—David Daintree Parergon
“This is an exceedingly useful basic introduction to the subject, and its appearance will be very welcome to anyone who teaches undergraduate or graduate course involving Vulgar Latin.”
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