Bohacsek, Dóra (2022) African Latin: The Problem of labdacism. ACTA ANTIQUA ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE, 62 (4). pp. 375-388. ISSN 0044-5975 (print); 1588-2543 (online)
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Abstract
In late antiquity, there has been a public opinion that African Latin is specific and different from the Latin spoken in other regions of the Roman Empire. Several grammarians also mention – in comparison with the so-called classical Latin – incorrect (linguistic) phenomena, which are associated with the Latin speakers of the African provinces. In my paper, I will examine one of these (perceived?) Africanisms, the wrong use of the l sound/letter (labdacism) through a selection of texts available in the grammatical tradition, and finally, with the inclusion of African epigraphical material, I will discuss the phenomenon of wrong gemination and degemination in African provinces, which might closely be related to the phenomenon called labdacism by grammarians.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | North-Africa, Latin linguistics, africitas, Vulgar Latin, inscriptions, labdacism, geminates, africanism |
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > PA Classical philology / klasszika-filológia |
| SWORD Depositor: | MTMT SWORD |
| Depositing User: | MTMT SWORD |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Jun 2023 13:54 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Apr 2024 10:34 |
| URI: | https://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/167619 |
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