Orthographic Traditions And The Sub Elite In The Roman Empire

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Orthographic Traditions and the Sub-elite in the Roman Empire

Orthographic Traditions and the Sub-elite in the Roman Empire
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 315
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ISBN-10 : 9781009327688
ISBN-13 : 1009327682
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Book Synopsis Orthographic Traditions and the Sub-elite in the Roman Empire by : Nicholas Zair

Download or read book Orthographic Traditions and the Sub-elite in the Roman Empire written by Nicholas Zair and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-06-08 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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