Ecce un libro multo interessante pro interlinguistas
que studia linguas romanic e le latino vulgar!
Jay B.

From: Roger Wright <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: J'ozsef Herman, "Vulgar Latin" (fwd)
>
>Dear Historical Linguists,
>        Announcing this new book just out:
>
>"Vulgar Latin" by J'ozsef Herman, translated into English by Roger Wright.
>Penn State Press. Paperback. xiv + 130 pp. ISBN 0-271-02001-6. $17.95.
>
>Originally published in French in 1967, J'ozsef Herman's "Latin Vulgar"
>became the standard student text on the topic. It was recently revised,
>updated and expanded by about 50% in a Spanish version ("El lat'in
>vulgar", Barcelona, Ariel, 1997). The expanded version is the basis for
>this new English translation, where the text is made user-friendly for
>English readers, including non-specialists, with updated bibliography.
>
>"Vulgar Latin" is not a separate language; the term is used collectively
>to refer to all those aspects of Latin language which we can tell did
>exist, but which were not recommended in the Grammars. Thus it includes
>developments in pronunciation, inflections, syntax and vocabulary, many
>of which are illuminated by the subsequent Romance languages. There are
>also sections on more general problems, such as the sociolinguistics of
>the Latin-speaking world and the chronology of the "end" of Latin.
>
>This translation will thus be a valuable guide for all English-speaking
>scholars interested in Latin, in Romance languages, in Historical
>Linguistics, and in the editing of Late Antique and Early Mediaeval
>texts, who can here tell if a strange reading in a manuscript
>text compiled by an Early Romance speaker might in fact attest some
>aspect of his native speech rather than just being an error.
>
>It is also cheap; $17.95.
>
>"Vulgar Latin" can be ordered from Penn State University Press,
>University Support Building 1, Suite C, University Park, Pennsylvania PA
>16802-1003, U.S.A.; or via the web-site, http://www.psu.edu/psupress.
>

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