James Clackson
Biographic Data
| ID | 608521 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Clackson |
| GIVEN NAMES | James |
| FAMILY NAME | Clackson |
| SIGNATURE | CLACKSON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2795-8302 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Cambridge Critical Guide to Latin Literature
The Cambridge Critical Guide to Latin Literature offers a critical overview of work on Latin literature. Where are we? How did we get here? Where to next? Fifteen commissioned chapters, along with an extensive introduction and Mary Beard's postscript, approach these questions from a range of angles. They aim not to codify the field, but to give snapshots of the discipline from different perspectives, and to offer provocations for future developme…
The Language of Mobile Craftsmen in the Western Mediterranean
Artisans and craftsmen in Southern Italy participated in complex networks of interactions which are not yet fully understood. Although we know the broad outlines of the kind of mobility driven by trade, the movements of individual artists or artefacts are much harder to track and, unlike the careers of elite men or soldiers, craftsmen’s lives are rarely memorialised in literature or outlined on gravestones. Instead, their work provides our main i…
Eingegangene Bücher
Migration, Mobility and Language Contact in and around the Ancient Mediterranean
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Early and Late Latin
This book addresses the question of whether there are continuities in Latin spanning the period from the early Republic through to the Romance languages. It is often maintained that various usages admitted by early comedy were rejected later by the literary language but continued in speech, to resurface centuries later in the written record (and in Romance). Are certain similarities between early and late Latin all that they seem, or might they b…
Arms and the Boy
Une tablette contenant une longue inscription de la période archaïque, provenant d’Arcadie et apparue sur le marché des antiquités, a été publiée « préliminairement » en 2015. Le présent article a pour objet : (1) d’offrir une nouvelle édition du texte — après autopsie et en utilisant deux photographies — ainsi que (2) une traduction anglaise. Comme l’inscription contient une multitude de détails linguistiques et rituels, pour certains inusités, …
Subgrouping in the Sabellian branch of Indo‐European
The Sabellian branch of the Italic languages of Indo‐European comprises Oscan, Umbrian, South Picene and a number of smaller varieties. This paper analyses the current model for subgrouping these languages and gives detailed consideration to a number of phonological and morphological isoglosses. The publication of a new corpus of the Sabellian inscriptions allows a better understanding of the relative chronology for language change in the Sabelli…
Language and Society in the Greek and Roman Worlds
Texts written in Latin, Greek and other languages provide ancient historians with their primary evidence, but the role of language as a source for understanding the ancient world is often overlooked. Language played a key role in state-formation and the spread of Christianity, the construction of ethnicity, and negotiating positions of social status and group membership. Language could reinforce social norms and shed light on taboos. This book pr…
Latin language, Roman Empire (west)
In the Western Roman Empire, Latin was the language of the army, of administration, literature, and law.
Oscan in Sicily
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Language maintenance and language shift in the Mediterranean world during the Roman Empire
Language and Linguistic Contact in Ancient Sicily
Within the field of ancient bilingualism, Sicily represents a unique terrain for analysis as a result of its incredibly rich linguistic history, in which 'colonial' languages belonging to branches as diverse as Italic (Oscan and Latin), Greek and Semitic (Phoenician) interacted with the languages of the natives (the elusive Sicel, Sicanian and Elymian). The result of this ancient melting-pot was a culture characterised by 'postcolonial' features …
Companion to the Latin Language
Multilingualism in the Graeco-Roman Worlds
Through words and images employed both by individuals and by a range of communities across the Graeco-Roman worlds, this book explores the complexity of multilingual representations of identity. Starting with the advent of literacy in the Mediterranean, it encompasses not just the Greek and Roman empires but also the transformation of the Graeco-Roman world under Islam and within the medieval mind. By treating a range of materials, contexts, lang…
Opening the Frontier
The frontier between Gubbio (ancient Umbria) and Perugia (ancient Etruria), in the northeast part of the modern region of Umbria, was founded in the late sixth century bc . The frontier endured in different forms, most notably in the late antique and medieval periods, as well as fleetingly in 1944, and is fossilized today in the local government boundaries. Archaeological, documentary and philological evidence are brought together to investigate …
Classical Latin
This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction The Creation of a Standard Latin Orthography and Pronunciation Morphology Syntax and Textual Structure Vocabulary Conclusion Further Reading
The Social Dialects of Latin
This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Male and Female Speech Age-Related Variation in Speech Class-Based Variation Phonology Morphology Vocabulary and Word-Formation Conclusion Further Reading
A Companion to the Latin Language
Indo-European Linguistics
The Indo-European language family consists of many of the modern and ancient languages of Europe, India and Central Asia, including Latin, Greek, Sanskrit, Russian, German, French, Spanish and English. Spoken by an estimated three billion people, it has the largest number of native speakers in the world today. This textbook provides an accessible introduction to the study of the Indo-European languages. It clearly sets out the methods for relatin…
Hugh Last Fellowship
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The Word-Order Pattern magna cum laude in Latin and Sabellian
In Latin phrases of the type magna cum laude‘with great praise’ the adposition, here cum, splits the two elements of a nominal phrase, here magnaand laude. In Oscan and Umbrian the same word-order pattern occurs, and many scholars have commented on the similarity. Hofmann and Szantyr (1965: 216), for example, directly compare the Latin order with the following Umbrian phrases (from the Iguvine Tables, as are all Umbrian citations in this paper)
Composition in Indo‐european Languages
In recent years that has been a surge of interest in Indo-European word-formation in general, and in particular in compounding.In the eld of Latin linguistics alone there have been three books exclusively on compounds in the past 15 years (Benedetti 1988, Oniga 1988and Lindner 1996), not to mention many more articles on individual words or aspects of compounding.This interest partly reects the inherent attractions of the eld: compounds often exhi…
The Linguistic Relationship between Armenian and Greek
1. The Methods of Relating Languages in the Same Family. 2. Phonological Agreements Between Greek and Armenian. 3. Possible Morphological Innovations Shared by Greek and Armenian. 4. Unique Armenian-Greek Lexical Correspondences. 5. The Relationship Between the Armenian and Greek Vocabularies
Opening the Frontier
The frontier between Gubbio (ancient Umbria) and Perugia (ancient Etruria), in the northeast part of the modern region of Umbria, was founded in the late sixth century bc . The frontier endured in different forms, most notably in the late antique and medieval periods, as well as fleetingly in 1944, and is fossilized today in the local government boundaries. Archaeological, documentary and philological evidence are brought together to investigate …
Arms and the Boy
Une tablette contenant une longue inscription de la période archaïque, provenant d’Arcadie et apparue sur le marché des antiquités, a été publiée « préliminairement » en 2015. Le présent article a pour objet : (1) d’offrir une nouvelle édition du texte — après autopsie et en utilisant deux photographies — ainsi que (2) une traduction anglaise. Comme l’inscription contient une multitude de détails linguistiques et rituels, pour certains inusités, …
The Linguistic Relationship between Armenian and Greek
1. The Methods of Relating Languages in the Same Family. 2. Phonological Agreements Between Greek and Armenian. 3. Possible Morphological Innovations Shared by Greek and Armenian. 4. Unique Armenian-Greek Lexical Correspondences. 5. The Relationship Between the Armenian and Greek Vocabularies
Composition in Indo‐european Languages
In recent years that has been a surge of interest in Indo-European word-formation in general, and in particular in compounding.In the eld of Latin linguistics alone there have been three books exclusively on compounds in the past 15 years (Benedetti 1988, Oniga 1988and Lindner 1996), not to mention many more articles on individual words or aspects of compounding.This interest partly reects the inherent attractions of the eld: compounds often exhi…
The Word-Order Pattern magna cum laude in Latin and Sabellian
In Latin phrases of the type magna cum laude‘with great praise’ the adposition, here cum, splits the two elements of a nominal phrase, here magnaand laude. In Oscan and Umbrian the same word-order pattern occurs, and many scholars have commented on the similarity. Hofmann and Szantyr (1965: 216), for example, directly compare the Latin order with the following Umbrian phrases (from the Iguvine Tables, as are all Umbrian citations in this paper)
Indo-European Linguistics
The Indo-European language family consists of many of the modern and ancient languages of Europe, India and Central Asia, including Latin, Greek, Sanskrit, Russian, German, French, Spanish and English. Spoken by an estimated three billion people, it has the largest number of native speakers in the world today. This textbook provides an accessible introduction to the study of the Indo-European languages. It clearly sets out the methods for relatin…
Hugh Last Fellowship
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Classical Latin
This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction The Creation of a Standard Latin Orthography and Pronunciation Morphology Syntax and Textual Structure Vocabulary Conclusion Further Reading
The Social Dialects of Latin
This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Male and Female Speech Age-Related Variation in Speech Class-Based Variation Phonology Morphology Vocabulary and Word-Formation Conclusion Further Reading
A Companion to the Latin Language
Latin language, Roman Empire (west)
In the Western Roman Empire, Latin was the language of the army, of administration, literature, and law.
Oscan in Sicily
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Language maintenance and language shift in the Mediterranean world during the Roman Empire
Language and Linguistic Contact in Ancient Sicily
Within the field of ancient bilingualism, Sicily represents a unique terrain for analysis as a result of its incredibly rich linguistic history, in which 'colonial' languages belonging to branches as diverse as Italic (Oscan and Latin), Greek and Semitic (Phoenician) interacted with the languages of the natives (the elusive Sicel, Sicanian and Elymian). The result of this ancient melting-pot was a culture characterised by 'postcolonial' features …
Companion to the Latin Language
Multilingualism in the Graeco-Roman Worlds
Through words and images employed both by individuals and by a range of communities across the Graeco-Roman worlds, this book explores the complexity of multilingual representations of identity. Starting with the advent of literacy in the Mediterranean, it encompasses not just the Greek and Roman empires but also the transformation of the Graeco-Roman world under Islam and within the medieval mind. By treating a range of materials, contexts, lang…
Opening the Frontier
The frontier between Gubbio (ancient Umbria) and Perugia (ancient Etruria), in the northeast part of the modern region of Umbria, was founded in the late sixth century bc . The frontier endured in different forms, most notably in the late antique and medieval periods, as well as fleetingly in 1944, and is fossilized today in the local government boundaries. Archaeological, documentary and philological evidence are brought together to investigate …
Subgrouping in the Sabellian branch of Indo‐European
The Sabellian branch of the Italic languages of Indo‐European comprises Oscan, Umbrian, South Picene and a number of smaller varieties. This paper analyses the current model for subgrouping these languages and gives detailed consideration to a number of phonological and morphological isoglosses. The publication of a new corpus of the Sabellian inscriptions allows a better understanding of the relative chronology for language change in the Sabelli…
Language and Society in the Greek and Roman Worlds
Texts written in Latin, Greek and other languages provide ancient historians with their primary evidence, but the role of language as a source for understanding the ancient world is often overlooked. Language played a key role in state-formation and the spread of Christianity, the construction of ethnicity, and negotiating positions of social status and group membership. Language could reinforce social norms and shed light on taboos. This book pr…
Early and Late Latin
This book addresses the question of whether there are continuities in Latin spanning the period from the early Republic through to the Romance languages. It is often maintained that various usages admitted by early comedy were rejected later by the literary language but continued in speech, to resurface centuries later in the written record (and in Romance). Are certain similarities between early and late Latin all that they seem, or might they b…
Arms and the Boy
Une tablette contenant une longue inscription de la période archaïque, provenant d’Arcadie et apparue sur le marché des antiquités, a été publiée « préliminairement » en 2015. Le présent article a pour objet : (1) d’offrir une nouvelle édition du texte — après autopsie et en utilisant deux photographies — ainsi que (2) une traduction anglaise. Comme l’inscription contient une multitude de détails linguistiques et rituels, pour certains inusités, …
The Language of Mobile Craftsmen in the Western Mediterranean
Artisans and craftsmen in Southern Italy participated in complex networks of interactions which are not yet fully understood. Although we know the broad outlines of the kind of mobility driven by trade, the movements of individual artists or artefacts are much harder to track and, unlike the careers of elite men or soldiers, craftsmen’s lives are rarely memorialised in literature or outlined on gravestones. Instead, their work provides our main i…
Eingegangene Bücher
Migration, Mobility and Language Contact in and around the Ancient Mediterranean
Book summary page views Book summary page views help Close Book summary page views help Book summary views reflect the number of visits to the book and chapter landing pages. Total views: 0 * Loading metrics
The Cambridge Critical Guide to Latin Literature
The Cambridge Critical Guide to Latin Literature offers a critical overview of work on Latin literature. Where are we? How did we get here? Where to next? Fifteen commissioned chapters, along with an extensive introduction and Mary Beard's postscript, approach these questions from a range of angles. They aim not to codify the field, but to give snapshots of the discipline from different perspectives, and to offer provocations for future developme…
History (18 works) · Linguistics and language evolution (16 works) · Linguistics (13 works) · Philosophy (13 works) · Art (9 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (4 works)