Latin Lessons for Beginners (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Robertson, J. C.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330392140 ISBN 13 : 9781330392140

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from Latin Lessons for Beginners

Y and Z began to be used in the first century b.c., in a few words borrowed from the Greeks, to represent sounds foreign to Latin. The Romans themselves used but one Sign V for both the vowel U and the semi consonantal V (pronounced w), and similarly one sign I for both the vowel I and the semi-consonantal J (pronounced y). For the sake of convenience and clearness, however, many modern books (especially those for beginners in Latin) follow the custom that arose in the middle ages, of using distinct signs for the different sounds.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book is the result of a revision of the Primary Latin Book which was published in 1892. The experience of the intervening years and, in part, the changed conditions in our schools, have led to a revision so thorough as bo produce an altogether new book. Yet in some important respects the point of view of the earlier work has been retained. It is recognized throughout that the primary object of an introductory Latin book is to prepare pupils for the reading of Latin ;that the acquiring of a vocabulary, the mastery of accidence and syntax, are to be regarded as means to that end ;and, finally, that the only way to learn how to readL atin is by much practice in reading Latin. The temptation to dwell upon what is not essential for beginners, merely for the sake of completeness, has constantly to be resisted, and in an introductory Latin book merely to know what to omit is itself a great merit, if a negative one. The improvements made in the order of the lessons do not involve any material change in principle. Most introductory Latin books published in the last two decades follow a plan which some theorists have criticized as disjointed and lacking in continuity. It is claimed that the unsystematic and piecemeal presentation of forms and syntax, which to day directs attention to the verb, to-morrow to the noun, and the day after to some rule of syntax, is a violation of the laws of psychology and of pedagogy. Surely, however, there is no psychological necessity for our learning a language in the same order mwhich reflective analysis and systematized grammar present it; no law of the mind bids us learn all our nouns before we venture upon the verb, or prescribes that, after becoming acquainted with one pronoun, we shall forthwith master all the rest. On the other hand, experience, to which the final appeal must be made, has shown that there is a distinct gain
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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330392140
• ISBN 13: 9781330392140
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 442
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