Bilingualism and the Latin Language

Surveys cultural, historical, and linguistic questions surrounding the development of bilingualism in the Roman world.

Since the 1980s, bilingualism has become one of the main themes of sociolinguistics - but there are as yet few large-scale treatments of the subject specific to

Languages show variations according to the social class of speakers and Latin was no exception, as readers of Petronius are aware. The Romance languages have tr

Bilingualism has seen an explosion of work in recent years. This volume introduces classicists, ancient historians, and other scholars interested in sociolingui

This text makes use of contemporary work in linguistics to provide up-to-date commentary on the development of Latin, from its prehistoric origins in the Indo-E

A Companion to the Latin Language presents a collection of original essays from international scholars that track the development and use of the Latin language

How did the Apostle Paul navigate the language differences in Corinth? In Contesting Languages: Heteroglossia and the Politics of Language in the Early Church,

Explores how Latin inscriptions were used in the Roman world and makes them accessible to students today.

For over a millennium and a half, Egypt was home to at least two commonly used languages of communication. Although this situation is by no means exceptional in

The second edition of the definitive reference on contact studies and linguistic change—provides extensive new research and original case studies Language con