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000930972 020__ $$a9780191887116 $$q(electronic book)
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000930972 1001_ $$aGeorge, Coulter H.,$$d1976-$$eauthor.
000930972 24510 $$aHow dead languages work /$$cCoulter H. George.
000930972 250__ $$aFirst edition.
000930972 264_1 $$aOxford :$$bOxford University Press,$$c2020.
000930972 300__ $$a1 online resource (viii, 224 pages).
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000930972 4901_ $$aOxford scholarship online
000930972 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000930972 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users.
000930972 5208_ $$aWhat could a Greek poet or Roman historian say in their language that's lost in translation? After all, different languages have different personalities, and this is especially clear with languages of the ancient and medieval world. This book 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 linguistic traits play out in short excerpts from actual ancient texts. It explores, for instance, how Homer's Greek shows signs of oral composition, how Horace can achieve striking poetic effects through interlaced word order in his Latin, and how the poet of Beowulf achieves a remarkable intensity of expression through the resources of Old English.
000930972 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record.
000930972 650_0 $$aHistorical linguistics.
000930972 650_0 $$aClassical languages.
000930972 650_0 $$aExtinct languages.
000930972 77608 $$iPrint version: $$z9780198852827
000930972 830_0 $$aOxford scholarship online.
000930972 85280 $$bebk$$hOxford Scholarship Online
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