The Blackwell History of the Latin Language - James Clackson, Geoffrey Horrocks - Google Books

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This text makes use of contemporary work in linguistics to provide up-to-date commentary on the development of Latin, from its prehistoric origins in the Indo-European language family, through the earliest texts, to the creation of the Classical Language…