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020			_a9781009327633 (ebook)
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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aPA2123 _b.Z35 2023
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100	1		_aZair, Nicholas, _d1982- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aOrthographic traditions and the sub-elite in the Roman empire / _cNicholas Zair.
264		1	_aCambridge, UK : _bCambridge University Press, _c2023.
300			_a1 online resource (xviii, 295 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge classical studies
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 May 2023).
506	0		_aOpen Access. _fUnrestricted online access _2star
520			_aThis book makes use of digital corpora to give in-depth details of the history and development of the spelling of Latin. It focusses on sub-elite texts in the Roman empire, and reveals that sophisticated education in this area was not restricted to those at the top of society. Nicholas Zair studies the history of particular orthographic features and traces their usage in a range of texts which give insight into everyday writers of Latin: including scribes and soldiers at Vindolanda, slaves at Pompeii, members of the Praetorian Guard, and writers of curse tablets. In doing so, he problematises the use of 'old-fashioned' spelling in dating inscriptions, provides important new information on sound-change in Latin, and shows how much can be gained from a detailed sociolinguistic analysis of ancient texts.
650		0	_aLatin language _xOrthography and spelling.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781009327664
830		0	_aCambridge classical studies.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781009327633
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