Vox Latina
A Guide to the Pronunciation of Classical Latin

W. Sidney Allen (Author)

9780521379366, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 17 August 1989

148 pages
21.5 x 14 x 1.2 cm, 0.18 kg

'This book is a model of clarity and succinctness. Professor Allen picks his way through a maze of converging and diverging evidence, and presents an intelligible and credible account of what classical Latin sounded like.' Phonetica

This is a reissue in paperback of the second edition of Professor Allen's highly successful book on the pronunciation of Latin in Rome in the Golden Age. In the second edition the text of the first edition is reprinted virtually unchanged but is followed by a section of supplementary notes that deal with subsequent developments in the subject. The author also added an appendix on the names of the letters of the Latin alphabet and a select bibliography.

Foreword to the second edition
Foreword to the first edition
Phonetic introduction
1. Consonants
2. Vowels
3. Vowel length
4. Vowel junction
5. Accent
6. Quality
Appendices
Supplementary notes
Select bibliography
Summary of recommended pronunciations.

Subject Areas: Phonetics, phonology [CFH]