Synopsis

This unit gives you the opportunity to hear a discussion of the development of the Latin language.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Learning outcomes
1 A History of Latin
1.1 Language change
1.2 Notions of language change in Ancient Rome
1.3 The fate of the Latin language
1.4 Early Latin: Plautus
1.5 Early Latin: Latin before Plautus
1.6 The Indo-European language family
Further reading
Next steps
Acknowledgements

 

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