Latin in Egypt
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19975560 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Trevor Evans (0000-0002-0415-4424, Macquarie University, corresponding author), T V Evans |
| Year | 2012 |
| Publication date | 2012-06-21 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | The Oxford Handbook of Roman Egypt (Oxford Handbooks) (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199571451.013.0032 |
| Wikidata | Q60141192 |
| OpenAlex | W2682438837 |
| ISBN | 9780199571451 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This article discusses the function and character of Latin in Roman Egypt. Within the multilingual speech community of Roman Egypt the Latin language played a minor role. Greek was employed by the Romans as a spoken and written lingua franca. As far as we can judge from scattered and heterogeneous remains, the use of Latin was much more limited. Nevertheless, as a language of power and identity it had the potential to appear in many places. Its employment has considerable socio-linguistic significance. In addition, the Egyptian finds provide important information on bilingualism and non-standard varieties of the language
Art · Character (mathematics) · Identity (music) · Italian language · Latin Americans · Lingua franca · Linguistics · Neuroscience of multilingualism · Standard language · Historical and Linguistic Studies · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · History · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis · Mathematics · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
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| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |