Steven N. Dworkin
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199541140
- eISBN:
- 9780191741395
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199541140.003.0002
- Subject:
- Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Language Families
This chapter examines Spanish words that entered the regional varieties of Hispano-Latin from the local pre-Roman languages. Such words are one of the distinguishing features that characterize the ...
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This chapter examines Spanish words that entered the regional varieties of Hispano-Latin from the local pre-Roman languages. Such words are one of the distinguishing features that characterize the Latin that underlies Hispano-Romance. Their study presents numerous difficulties, as little is known about the lexicon of these languages. These words entered Latin through direct oral contact with speakers of the local languages. Almost all relevant words designate concrete realities of the local terrain, flora, fauna, foods, dress, customs, etc. It is possible that many items represent lexical retentions by speakers of the pre-Roman languages as they acquired Latin. The rarity of primary verbs and adjectives of pre-Roman origin may suffice to call into question etymological hypotheses that propose such bases for words falling into these two categories.Less
This chapter examines Spanish words that entered the regional varieties of Hispano-Latin from the local pre-Roman languages. Such words are one of the distinguishing features that characterize the Latin that underlies Hispano-Romance. Their study presents numerous difficulties, as little is known about the lexicon of these languages. These words entered Latin through direct oral contact with speakers of the local languages. Almost all relevant words designate concrete realities of the local terrain, flora, fauna, foods, dress, customs, etc. It is possible that many items represent lexical retentions by speakers of the pre-Roman languages as they acquired Latin. The rarity of primary verbs and adjectives of pre-Roman origin may suffice to call into question etymological hypotheses that propose such bases for words falling into these two categories.
Guglielmo Cinque
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- August 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780262014168
- eISBN:
- 9780262289306
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262014168.003.0001
- Subject:
- Linguistics, Lexicography
This chapter discusses the apparent restriction on the number of postnominal adjectives in Romance, the existence of unexpected mirror-image orders between Germanic and Romance, and the existence of ...
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This chapter discusses the apparent restriction on the number of postnominal adjectives in Romance, the existence of unexpected mirror-image orders between Germanic and Romance, and the existence of unexpected scope effects in Romance.Less
This chapter discusses the apparent restriction on the number of postnominal adjectives in Romance, the existence of unexpected mirror-image orders between Germanic and Romance, and the existence of unexpected scope effects in Romance.
Gary Forsythe
John Connelly (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520226517
- eISBN:
- 9780520940291
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520226517.001.0001
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Archaeology: Classical
During the period from Rome's Stone Age beginnings on the Tiber River to its conquest of the Italian peninsula in 264 B.C., the Romans in large measure developed the social, political, and military ...
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During the period from Rome's Stone Age beginnings on the Tiber River to its conquest of the Italian peninsula in 264 B.C., the Romans in large measure developed the social, political, and military structure that would be the foundation of their spectacular imperial success. This account draws from historical, archaeological, linguistic, epigraphic, religious, and legal evidence to trace Rome's early development within a multicultural environment of Latins, Sabines, Etruscans, Greeks, and Phoenicians. The book charts the development of the classical republican institutions that would eventually enable Rome to create its vast empire, and provides discussions of topics including Roman prehistory, religion, and language. The book offers a revisionist interpretation of Rome's early history through its innovative use of ancient sources. The history of this period is notoriously difficult to uncover because there are no extant written records, and because the later historiography that affords the only narrative accounts of Rome's early days is shaped by the issues, conflicts, and ways of thinking of its own time. This book provides an examination of those surviving ancient sources in light of their underlying biases, thereby reconstructing early Roman history upon a more solid evidentiary foundation.Less
During the period from Rome's Stone Age beginnings on the Tiber River to its conquest of the Italian peninsula in 264 B.C., the Romans in large measure developed the social, political, and military structure that would be the foundation of their spectacular imperial success. This account draws from historical, archaeological, linguistic, epigraphic, religious, and legal evidence to trace Rome's early development within a multicultural environment of Latins, Sabines, Etruscans, Greeks, and Phoenicians. The book charts the development of the classical republican institutions that would eventually enable Rome to create its vast empire, and provides discussions of topics including Roman prehistory, religion, and language. The book offers a revisionist interpretation of Rome's early history through its innovative use of ancient sources. The history of this period is notoriously difficult to uncover because there are no extant written records, and because the later historiography that affords the only narrative accounts of Rome's early days is shaped by the issues, conflicts, and ways of thinking of its own time. This book provides an examination of those surviving ancient sources in light of their underlying biases, thereby reconstructing early Roman history upon a more solid evidentiary foundation.
