The occasion for this review is offered by the publication in 2008 of the paperback edition of J. N. Adams’s Bilingualism and the Latin language, following the first hardback edition in 2003. While no changes or additions have been made (which indirectly attests a very accurate editing work on such complicated material in the first place), the appearance of the new paperback edition will favor a wider distribution for the book, and its presence also on the shelves of non-specialists. This is, therefore, a good opportunity to acknowledge and discuss recent, highly qualified research on the history of Latin in the broader setting of theoretical diachronic linguistics and typological investigation, thus going beyond the field of sociolinguistic studies that Adams has in mind.
Gianollo, C. (2010). Bilingualism and the Latin language, by James N. Adams. LINGUISTIC TYPOLOGY, 14(2-3), 305-319 [10.1515/lity.2010.014].
Bilingualism and the Latin language, by James N. Adams
GIANOLLO, CHIARA
2010
Abstract
The occasion for this review is offered by the publication in 2008 of the paperback edition of J. N. Adams’s Bilingualism and the Latin language, following the first hardback edition in 2003. While no changes or additions have been made (which indirectly attests a very accurate editing work on such complicated material in the first place), the appearance of the new paperback edition will favor a wider distribution for the book, and its presence also on the shelves of non-specialists. This is, therefore, a good opportunity to acknowledge and discuss recent, highly qualified research on the history of Latin in the broader setting of theoretical diachronic linguistics and typological investigation, thus going beyond the field of sociolinguistic studies that Adams has in mind.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
