History of the Latin Language 1
Study Cycle: 1
Lectures: 60
Seminars: 30
Tutorials: 0
ECTS credit: 4
Lecturer(s): izr. prof. dr. Hriberšek Matej, izr. prof. dr. Movrin David, prof. dr. Kavčič Jerneja
The course is taught in a two-year cycle and is offered to 2nd and 3rd year students. It provides a survey of Latin historical Grammar (phonology, morphology, syntax). The issues examined include:
1.) The history of the Latin language:
- Latin and Indo-European languages
- Periodization of the Latin language
- The Latin alphabet
- Latin and Romance languages
2.) Phonology
- Indo-European phonological system
- Development of Indo-European phonological system within Latin
- Vowel length and phonological change
- Accent and phonological change in Latin
- Phonological changes concerning Latin consonants
3.) Morphology
- Morphemes in Indo-European languages
- Latin noun morphology
- The morphology of Latin pronouns
- Latin verb morphology
4.) Syntax
This part of the course discusses selected topics concerning Latin syntax, from different theoretical perspectives. The topics include:
- noun syntax in Latin
- the syntax of impersonal verb forms in Latin
Temeljna študijska literatura:
M. Babic, Zgodovinsko glasoslovje in oblikoslovje latinskega jezika; Ljubljana 2004, str. 5-115 COBISS.SI-ID – 215164416
Bennet, C. E. Syntax of Early Latin. Hildesheim, 1966. COBISS.SI-ID – 19549538
Claskson, J., Language and Society in the Greek and Roman Worlds, Cambridge 2015. COBISS.SI-ID – 68753250
Herman, J., in R. Wright. Vulgar Latin. Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000. COBISS.SI-ID - 226758144
J. B. Hofmann – A. Szantyr, Lateinische Syntax und Stilistik; München 1965, str. str. 529-679 COBISS.SI-ID – 44929024
E. C. Woodcock, A New Latin Syntax, Cambridge (Mass.), 1959, str. 166-213. COBISS.SI-ID – 24329314
J. Clackson, G. Horrocks: The Blackwell History of the Latin Language. Malden-Oxford-Victoria 2007. COBISS.SI-ID – 61193826
Dodatna literatura:
P. Baldi, The Foundations of Latin, Berlin in New York 1999, str. 1-46
Bauer, B. Archaic Syntax in Indo-European: the Spread of Transitivity in Latin and French. Berlin in New York, 2000.
A. Ernout - F. Thomas, Syntaxe latine, Pariz 1972, str. 277-420
H. Pinkster, Latin Syntax and Semantics, London 1990 (elektronska izdaja: http://cybergreek.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philo/navigate.pl?lss.0)
F. Sommer - R. Pfister: Handbuch der lateinischen Laut-und Formenlehre, Heidelberg 1977, str. 39-126
Janson, Tore: A Natural History of Latin. Oxford 2004.