Henry John Roby (1830–1915) was a Cambridge-educated classicist whose influential career included periods as a schoolmaster, professor of Roman law, businessman, educational reformer and Member of Parliament. His two-volume Grammar of the Latin Language went through seven editions during his lifetime. It provides in-depth analysis of Latin phonetics, noun and verb construction, and syntax and morphology, taking a descriptive approach. Drawing examples from the corpus of classical writings dating from circa 200 BCE. to 120 CE, this first volume (1872) discusses sounds and syllable quantities, noun and verb inflexions, and the basic elements of word formation, organized according to noun and verb stems. Appendices include pronoun tables, lists of weights and measures, and a chronological compilation of inscriptions from the republican era. A work of remarkable breadth and depth, Roby’s book remains an essential resource forboth historical linguistics and the study of Latin grammar. INDICE: Preface; Book I. Sounds: 1. Elements of speech, and particularly consonants; 2. Combination of consonants; 3. Vowels and combinations of vowels;4. Laws of phonetic change; 5. Latin alphabet in general; 6. Latin alphabet in detail; 7. Gutturals and palatals; 8. Dentals and linguals; 9. Vowels; 10. Dipthongs; 11. Of Latin words and syllables; 12. Quantity of syllables; 13. Accentuation; Book II. Inflexions: 1. Of inflexions in general; 2. Of noun inflexions, and particularly of gender; 3. Of noun inflexions of number; 4. Of case inflexions in general; 5. Nouns of class I; 6. Old and exceptional forms of cases; 7. Peculiar declensions of certain pronouns and adjectives (Class I); 8. Personal pronouns; 9. Nouns of class II; 10. Nouns of class II cont.; 11. Nouns of class II cont.; 12. Old or exceptional forms of cases (Class II); 13. Greek nouns, class I; 14. Greek nouns, class II; 15. Adverbs and conjunctions; 16. Inflexions of verb; 17. Inflexions of person and number; 18. Inflexions of mood; 19. Classification of inflexions of tense; 20. Tenses formed from the present stem; 21. Of verb stems; 22. Tenses formed from the perfect stem; 23. Of the perfect stem; 24. Of the supine stem; 25. Of the traditional classification of verbs; 26. Examples of the complete inflexions of verbs; 27. Inflexions of the verb sum, and compounds; 28. Inflexions of some irregular verbs; 29. Alphabetical list of deponent verbs; 30. Alphabetical list of verbs, with their perfects, supines, &c.; Book III. Word-formation: 1. Elements of word-formation; 2. Derivative suffixes; 3. Labial noun-stems; 4. Guttural noun-stems; 5. Dental noun-stems; 6. Dental noun-stems cont.; 7. Lingual noun-stems; 8. Lingual noun-stems cont.; 9. Vowel noun-stems; 10. Verb-stems; 11. Composition; 12. Interjections; Appendices; Index.
- ISBN: 978-1-108-01122-8
- Editorial: Cambridge University
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- Fecha Publicación: 20/05/2010
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