Ideas on language in early Latin Christianity from Tertullian to Isidore of Seville /

Ideas on language in early Latin Christianity from Tertullian to Isidore of Seville /

In Ideas on Language in Early Latin Christianity , Tim Denecker investigates, in a comprehensive and systematic way, the views held on the history, diversity and properties of language(s) by Christian Latin authors from Tertullian (b. c.160) to Isidore of Seville (d. 636). This historical period wit...

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Main Author: Denecker, Tim.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017.

Series: Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements 142.
Vigiliae Christianae Supplements Online, Supplement 2018, ISBN: 9789004353411.

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Language and languages > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Christian literature, Early > History and criticism.
Latin literature > History and criticism.

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Call Number: BR115.L25

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Introduction
  • The Origin and Nature of Language
  • The Primeval Situation
  • The Origin of Linguistic Diversity
  • Appraisals and Uses of Linguistic Diversity
  • Appraisals and Uses of Multilingual Competence
  • Interpretations and Uses of 'Unnatural' Multilingual Competence
  • The Language Level
  • The Sentence Level
  • The Word Level
  • The Letter Level
  • Overview and Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Indexes.