Social Variation and the Latin Language
Author: J. N. Adams
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013-05-23
Total Pages: 957
ISBN-13: 0521886147
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A major history of many of the developments undergone by the Latin language as it changed into Romance languages. A distinction is made between linguistic change emanating from higher social/educational groups ('change from above') and that emanating from lower social/educational groups ('change from below').