Language and Rhythm in Plautus: Synchronic and Diachronic Studies

by Benjamin W. Fortson IV and Benjamin Fortson

The plays of Plautus have long been recognized as a unique mine of information about the spoken Latin of the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. But detailed and up-to-date linguistic treatments of the Plautine meters and other phenomena in his plays have hitherto been lacking. This book seeks to remedy that gap by presenting a series of case-studies to glean information about the synchronic grammar of Plautine Latin, in particular the rhythmic organization...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110205939
• ISBN13: 9783110205930
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 313 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary