Quantity and Accent in Latin
Quantity and Accent in Latin
An Introduction to the Reading of Latin Aloud
F. W. Westaway
October 2014
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9781107432994
$35.99
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First published in 1930, as the second edition of a 1913 original, this book presents an introduction to the core aspects of Latin pronunciation. Textual notes are incorporated throughout and a detailed bibliography is also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Latin and the history of education.
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October 2014Paperback
9781107432994
146 pages
178 × 127 × 9 mm
0.15kg
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Table of Contents
- 1. Latin and English vowels
- 2. Latin and English diphthongs
- 3. Latin and English consonants
- 4. I and U as consonants
- 5. Doubled consonants
- 6. Latin syllables
- 7. Elision of vowels. Slurring
- 8. Quantity
- 9. Hidden quantity
- 10. Accent
- 11. General remarks on quantity and accent
- 12. Prose and verse. Accent and ictus
- 13. Words frequently mispronounced
- 14. Exercises
- 15. Selected passages, marked for reading
- 16. The phrasing of Latin words for reading
- 17. Ancient writers' references to Greek and Latin accent
- Appendix. From the plaint of a scholarly rimester of a century ago
- Bibliography.
