cam a22 4 4500 599474017 CHVBK 20200821071019.0 200821s2020 xxk b||| 001 0 eng|d 978-0-19-885282-7 hardback (IDSBB)007186610 (VAUD)991021317389302852 (OCoLC)1124588881 (EXLNZ-41BCULAUSA_NETWORK)991023647326202851 YDX ger YDX BDX ERASA YDXIT OCLCO YDXIT SzZuIDS BS/BE B410 rda P63 .G46 2020 PA 415 23 417.7 23 400 15 480 ES 425 rvk 800.1 BCUDsl CLASBCUD George Coulter H. 1976- (DE-588)1069172367 Verfasser aut How dead languages work Coulter H. George First edition Oxford Oxford University Press 2020 viii, 224 Seiten Illustrationen Includes bibliographical references and index 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 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 achieves striking poetic effects through interlaced word order in his Latin, and how the poet of Beowulf attains remarkable intensity of expression through0the resources of Old English. But these are languages that have shared connections as well. Readers will see how the Sanskrit of the Rig Veda uses words that come from roots found also in English, how turns of phrase characteristic of the Hebrew Bible found their way into English, and that even as unusual a language as Old Irish still builds on common Indo-European linguistic patterns. Very few people have the opportunity to learn these languages, and they can often seem mysterious and0inaccessible: drawing on a lucid and engaging writing style and with the aid of clear English translations throughout, this book aims to give all readers, whether scholars, students, or interested novices, an aesthetic appreciation of just how rich and varied they are Tote Sprache (DE-588)4203079-1 gnd Linguistics History Grammar, Comparative and general History Langues mortes ram Langues classiques ram Linguistique historique ram BK020000 XK020000 XK020000 Stoppsignal FRED nebis DS IDSBB B410 B410 410BF BTO NELB4102007 IDSBB A100 A100 100FM UBH Bi IV 9915 NELA1002008 IDSBB 100 1- George Coulter H. 1976- (DE-588)1069172367 Verfasser aut VAUD 100 1- George Coulter H. 1976- aut IDSBB DSV51 DSV01 A100 http://www.ub.unibas.ch/tox/IDSBB/007186610/PDF pdf VIEW Inhaltsverzeichnis SWISSBIB 591819279