Quantity and Accent in Latin - An Introduction to the Reading of Latin Aloud

First published in 1930, this book presents an introduction to the core aspects of Latin pronunciation.

List of contents

1. Latin and English vowels; 2. Latin and English diphthongs; 3. Latin and English consonants; 4. I and U as consonants; 5. Doubled consonants; 6. Latin syllables; 7. Elision of vowels. Slurring; 8. Quantity; 9. Hidden quantity; 10. Accent; 11. General remarks on quantity and accent; 12. Prose and verse. Accent and ictus; 13. Words frequently mispronounced; 14. Exercises; 15. Selected passages, marked for reading; 16. The phrasing of Latin words for reading; 17. Ancient writers' references to Greek and Latin accent; Appendix. From the plaint of a scholarly rimester of a century ago; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: F. W. Westaway, Westaway F. W.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: Latin
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.10.2014
• EAN: 9781107432994
• ISBN: 978-1-107-43299-4
• No. of pages: 146
• Subjects: Education and learning > Miscellaneous; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies; Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Ancient Languages