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Publication details [#36400]

Joseph, Brian D. and Rex E. Wallace. 1992. Socially determined variation in ancient Rome. Language Variation and Change 4 (1) : 105–119.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

language variation | social constraint

Language as a subject

Latin, Classical

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

ISBN

0954-3945

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This paper deals with the transformation of originally geographic phonological and morphological variation in Classical Latin, into a socially determined linguistic variation in an urban community, brought about by migations into Rome and the city's expansion after the 4th century B.C.