Latin and the Romance Languages in the Early Middle Ages

Download or read book Latin and the Romance Languages in the Early Middle Ages written by Roger Wright and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1991-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book makes available for the first time in paperback the results of an important interdisciplinary conference held at Rutgers University in 1989. Eighteen internationally known specialists in linguistics, history, philology, Latin, and Romance languages tackle the difficult question of how and when Latin evolved into the Romance languages of French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Catalan. The result is a stimulating and open exchange that offers the most up-to-date and accessible coverage of the topic.