How Dead Languages Work

by Coulter H George and Coulter H. George

Book Overview

What could Greek poets or Roman historians say in their own language that would be lost in translation? After all, different languages have different personalities, and this is especially clear with languages of the ancient and medieval world. This volume celebrates six such languages - Ancient Greek, Latin, Old English, Sanskrit, Old Irish, and Biblical Hebrew - by first introducing readers to their most distinctive features, then showing how these...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198852827
• ISBN13: 9780198852827
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 9.3"