TY - GEN N2 - The mother tongue of the Roman Empire and the lingua franca of the West for centuries afterward, Latin survives today primarily in classrooms and texts. Yet this "dead language" is unique in the influence it has exerted across centuries and continents. Juergen Leonhardt offers the story of the first "world language," from antiquity to the present. DO - 10.4159/harvard.9780674726277 DO - doi AB - The mother tongue of the Roman Empire and the lingua franca of the West for centuries afterward, Latin survives today primarily in classrooms and texts. Yet this "dead language" is unique in the influence it has exerted across centuries and continents. Juergen Leonhardt offers the story of the first "world language," from antiquity to the present. T1 - Latin :Story of a World Language / AU - Leonhardt, Jürgen, JF - E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2013 JF - E-BOOK PACKAGE CLASSICAL STUDIES 2013 JF - E-BOOK PAKET ALTERTUMSWISS. 2013 JF - HUP Complete eBook Package 2011-2014 JF - HUP eBook Package 2013 JF - HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 JF - HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2014 JF - HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2015 EP - ZDB-23-DGG EP - ZDB-23-DGD EP - ZDB-23-DGD CN - PA2057 LA - eng LA - In English. ID - 1479449 KW - Latin language KW - Latin language KW - Latin language KW - Latin language, Colloquial KW - Latin language, Vulgar KW - Latin literature KW - Latin philology KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics. SN - 9780674726277 TI - Latin :Story of a World Language / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674726277 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674726277 ER -