The Latin Sexual Vocabulary - Couverture souple

Adams, Prof J. N.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0801841062 ISBN 13 : 9780801841064

Editeur : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990

Synopsis

LIke other languages, Latin contained certain words its speakers considered obscene as well as a rich stock of sexual euphemism and metaphor. Our sources for this information range from surviving graffiti to literary works with a marked sexual content. Yet despite its manifest literary and linguistic interest, the sexual vocabulary of Latin has remained uninvestigated by scholars.

J. A. Adams's pioneering and unique reference work collects for the first time evidence of Latin obscenities and sexual euphemisms drawn from both literary and nonliterary sources from the early Republic to about he fouth century A.D. Separate chaptes treat each of the sexual pasrts of the body and the terminology used to describe sexual acts. General topics include the influence of Greek language on Latin, changes in the Latin vocabulary over time (including the evolution of sexual words into general terms of abuse), and lexical differences among various literary genres.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

J. N. Adams is senior lecturer in Latin at the University of Manchester, England.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The Johns Hopkins University Press
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801841062
• ISBN 13: 9780801841064
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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