David N Parsons
Biographic Data
| ID | 6428195 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David N Parsons |
| GIVEN NAMES | David N |
| FAMILY NAME | Parsons |
| SIGNATURE | PARSONS D N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oxford University Press (United Kingdom) |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Romance of Early Britain
This chapter considers the survival of Latin as a spoken language in Britain during the two centuries following the breakdown of Roman rule. Such material as survives to illustrate this obscure period is described and evaluated in two principal sections. One deals with the ‘British’ side of the equation, which comprises a few contemporary literary texts and a collection of (mostly short and formulaic) inscriptions, together with the evidence for …
Tracking the Course of the Savage Tongue
Sabrina in the thorns
This article reviews published work which draws on various kinds of evidence to assess the linguistic situation in Roman Britain. Having reached some interim conclusions about the state of scholarship, it proceeds to examine the particular contribution that place‐names can make to the debate on how far Latin may have taken hold in the province at the expense of the native British Celtic. While there is rather more evidence of Latin here than has …
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Sabrina in the thorns
This article reviews published work which draws on various kinds of evidence to assess the linguistic situation in Roman Britain. Having reached some interim conclusions about the state of scholarship, it proceeds to examine the particular contribution that place‐names can make to the debate on how far Latin may have taken hold in the province at the expense of the native British Celtic. While there is rather more evidence of Latin here than has …
Tracking the Course of the Savage Tongue
The Romance of Early Britain
This chapter considers the survival of Latin as a spoken language in Britain during the two centuries following the breakdown of Roman rule. Such material as survives to illustrate this obscure period is described and evaluated in two principal sections. One deals with the ‘British’ side of the equation, which comprises a few contemporary literary texts and a collection of (mostly short and formulaic) inscriptions, together with the evidence for …
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