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R. S. Conway - The Italic Dialects 2 Volume Set. Edited with a Grammar and Glossary.  - 9781108061179 - V9781108061179
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The Italic Dialects 2 Volume Set. Edited with a Grammar and Glossary.

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Description for The Italic Dialects 2 Volume Set. Edited with a Grammar and Glossary. paperback. A two-volume collection, published in 1897 with a grammar and glossary, of the remains of Oscan, Umbrian and other Italic dialects. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Classics. Num Pages: 732 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; CFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1455.
Published in 1897, this two-volume work by Robert Seymour Conway (1864–1933), classical scholar and comparative philologist, later Hulme Professor of Latin at the University of Manchester, aims to shed light on the origins of the Latin language and Roman institutions by careful examination of the dialects and customs of Rome's neighbours. The work is laid out in geographical order, so that the influence of one dialect on its neighbours can be traced. The first volume collects all the surviving remains of Oscan, Umbrian and other minor Italic dialects, gleaned primarily from epigraphic sources (such as Oscan inscriptions at Pompeii), but ... Read more

Product Details

Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge Library Collection United Kingdom
Number of pages
732
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Classics
Format
Paperback
Number of Pages
736
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781108061179
SKU
V9781108061179
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