Ad Infinitum: A Biography of Latin - Rilegato

Ostler, Nicholas

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 080271515X ISBN 13: 9780802715159

Casa editrice: Walker & Co, 2007

Riassunto

A critical study of the Latin language examines its role in the evolution of Western culture and civilization; its relationship with ancient Greek language, science, and philosophy; its place in the Catholic Church; and its function as an ancestor of Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Romanian, and other modern-day languages.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Nicholas Ostler is the author of Empires of the World: A Language History of the World. He is chairman of the Foundation for Endangered Languages (www.ogmios.org), a charity that supports the efforts of small communities worldwide to know and use their languages more. A scholar with a working knowledge of twenty-six languages, Ostler has degrees from Oxford University in Greek, Latin, philosophy, and economics, and a Ph.D. in linguistics from M.I.T., where he studied under Noam Chomsky. He lives in England, in Roman Bath, on the hill where Ambrosius Aurelianus defeated the Saxons for a generation.

Product Description:

Book by Ostler Nicholas

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Walker & Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 080271515X
• ISBN 13: 9780802715159
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 382