English Literature and Ancient Languages
Author | : Kenneth Haynes |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Civilization, Ancient, in literature |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Kenneth Haynes |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Civilization, Ancient, in literature |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Nevile Gwynne |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2014-04-10 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1448177928 |
‘Latin is "it", the most wonderful "thing". It is mind-enhancing, character-improving, enthralling, exciting, deeply satisfying, and valuable. My solid determination is to spare no pains to do it the justice that its importance demands.’ Mr Gwynne, author of the Sunday Times bestselling phenomenon Gwynne’s Grammar, is just as emphatic about the importance of Latin as he is about the importance of grammar. From the novice to the more well-versed, Gwynne’s Latin is essential for anyone interested in learning Latin; Mr Gwynne promises to teach you more Latin in half an hour than you would learn from years of being taught Latin at school. He also includes a fascinating section on everyday Latin usage, which discusses all the Latin words and idioms we still use today, such as ‘quid pro quo’ and ‘sui generis’. Though we need no further convincing – as we know, Mr Gwynne is never wrong – here are just some of the many reasons why Latin is utterly wonderful: - Latin is an academic subject easy enough for the least intelligent of us to grasp all the basic elements of, and yet difficult enough to be demanding for its greatest scholars. - For well over a thousand years it was the means of communication that united the whole of Europe culturally and in every other significant way. - It is the direct ancestor of, between them, the five most widely-spoken European languages, and both of the official South American languages. - It is the ancestor and source of more than half of the English language, partly directly and partly through French, which for some centuries was England’s official language. Following in the same beautifully designed footsteps of Gwynne’s Grammar, Gwynne’s Latin will teach you all the fundamentals of Latin quickly, thoroughly and better than all the competition.
Author | : Kenneth Haynes |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Civilization, Ancient, in literature |
ISBN | : 0199261903 |
Literature in English is hardly ever entirely in English. Contact with other languages takes place, for example, whenever foreign languages are introduced, or if a native style is self-consciously developed, or when aspects of English are remade in the image of another language. Since theRenaissance, Latin and Greek have been an important presence in British poetry and prose. This is partly because of the importance of the ideals and ideologies founded and elaborated on Roman and Greek models. Latin quotations and latinate English have always been ways to represent, scrutinize, orsatirize the influential values associated with Rome. The importance of Latin and Greek is also due to the fact that they have helped to form and define a variety of British social groups. Lawyers, Catholics, and British gentlemen invested in Latin as one source of their distinction fromnon-professionals, from Protestants, and from the unleisured. British attitudes toward Greek and Latin have been highly charged because the animus that existed between groups has also been directed toward these languages themselves. English Literature and Ancient Languages is a study of literaryuses of language contact, of English literature in conjunction with Latin and Greek. While the book's emphasis is literary, that is formal and verbal, its goal is to discover how social interests and cultural ideas are, and are not, mediated through language.
Author | : Ton Hoenselaars |
Publisher | : Rodopi |
Total Pages | : 452 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9789042007840 |
"The thirty essays in this book trace how the tangentiality of English and other modes of language affects the production of English literature, and investigate how questions of linguistic "code" can be made accessible to literary analysis".--BOOKJACKET.
Author | : Charles W. Dunmore |
Publisher | : Hackett Publishing |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2008-07-17 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1585109894 |
Studies in Etymology is a textbook for a course or self study in building vocabulary through an understanding of Latin and Greek roots and the grammar of word formation. The first half of the book is devoted to Latin roots and word formation through the influence of Latin grammar and language development. The second half of the book deals with Greek, the nuances of Greek grammar and syntax, as well as the influences of such things as Greek mythology on the creation of words in English. A special section is devoted to science and medicine.
Author | : Peter L. Corrigan |
Publisher | : Hackett Publishing |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2014-06-15 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 1624661343 |
The study of classical languages by earlier generations of English-speaking students was greatly facilitated by the study of English grammar in the schools, a tradition now out of favor but one that emphasized precisely the concepts, terms, and constructions needed for the study of Greek and Latin. A Student Handbook of Latin and English Grammar offers a student-friendly comparative exposition of English and Latin grammatical principles that will prove a valuable supplement to a wide range of beginning Latin textbooks as well as a handy reference for those continuing on to upper-level courses.
Author | : Michael Kerrigan |
Publisher | : 3c |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Antiquities |
ISBN | : 9781906842000 |
Ancients in Their Own Words brings to life the everyday experience of ancient people.
Author | : James Clackson |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 219 |
Release | : 2015-04-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1316297802 |
Texts written in Latin, Greek and other languages provide ancient historians with their primary evidence, but the role of language as a source for understanding the ancient world is often overlooked. Language played a key role in state-formation and the spread of Christianity, the construction of ethnicity, and negotiating positions of social status and group membership. Language could reinforce social norms and shed light on taboos. This book presents an accessible account of ways in which linguistic evidence can illuminate topics such as imperialism, ethnicity, social mobility, religion, gender and sexuality in the ancient world, without assuming the reader has any knowledge of Greek or Latin, or of linguistic jargon. It describes the rise of Greek and Latin at the expense of other languages spoken around the Mediterranean and details the social meanings of different styles, and the attitudes of ancient speakers towards linguistic differences.
Author | : Henry Cullen |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2017-09-07 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 1350003859 |
Latin Stories is an ideal first reader for students of Latin. It offers 100 self-contained passages of manageable length, chosen for their intrinsic interest and adapted from a wide range of ancient authors. Generous help is given, with a short introduction to each story and glossing of all proper names and non-GCSE vocabulary. The collection will also be attractive to older students beginning or returning to the language. Updated to match the 2016 OCR specification, this edition has been restructured to reflect the new examinations, which now have a single language paper. Section 1 provides 30 passages, starting with very short and simple stories and building up to the level of the current OCR GCSE. Section 2 provides 30 differentiated passages of increasing difficulty on historical and miscellaneous topics. Section 3 provides 20 shorter passages of uniform length on mythological topics, with comprehension questions, in the style of Section A of the new GCSE language paper. Section 4 provides 20 passages on historical topics, with comprehension and unseen sections, in the style of Section B of the new GCSE language paper. The new edition is supported by a companion website with an answer key and additional passages.
Author | : George Lillie Craik |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 706 |
Release | : 1874 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : |