Latin and Romance in the medieval period
Roger Wright
Abstract This chapter deals with the relationship between written and spoken language in medieval period how when Latin became Romance. It illustrates how, from late imperial to Middle Ages, a sociophilological approach can illuminate both (late/medieval) (early) Romance Medieval processes (e.g., Carolingian reforms) by which vernaculars came be perceived as distinct Latin. focuses on texts were intended read; reasons for writing some new way, including emergence of standardized local orthographic traditions under pressures convergence divergence. Specific topics dealt include: Ages before was invented; ‘Vulgar’ Latin; reading aloud; grammar; words; Reforms; glossaries glosses; sociophilology politics.
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