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Orthographic Traditions and the Sub-elite in the Roman Empire

Orthographic Traditions and the Sub-elite in the Roman Empire

Zair, Nicholas

Paperback

Series: Cambridge Classical Studies

LatinMiscellaneous Languages

ISBN10: 1009327674
ISBN13: 9781009327671
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Jun 8 2023
Pages: 314
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.66 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
This book makes use of digital corpora to give in-depth details of the history and development of the spelling of Latin. It focusses on sub-elite texts in the Roman empire, and reveals that sophisticated education in this area was not restricted to those at the top of society. Nicholas Zair studies the history of particular orthographic features and traces their usage in a range of texts which give insight into everyday writers of Latin: including scribes and soldiers at Vindolanda, slaves at Pompeii, members of the Praetorian Guard, and writers of curse tablets. In doing so, he problematises the use of 'old-fashioned' spelling in dating inscriptions, provides important new information on sound-change in Latin, and shows how much can be gained from a detailed sociolinguistic analysis of ancient texts.

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