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Frances E. Lord

 
9781330606292: The Roman Pronunciation of Latin (Classic Reprint): Why We Use It and How to Use It

Synopsis

Master Roman pronunciation with a practical guide to vowels, consonants, quantity, and accent.

This edition helps readers approach Latin aloud with confidence, clarity, and rhythm.

Frances E. Lord’s instruction focuses on how to pronounce Latin as written, using crowdsourced authorities and classic grammarians for a reliable model. The book explains how to handle vowels, consonants, length, and stress, and it offers concrete guidance for reading prose and poetry alike.

  • Clear rules for vowel sounds and the distinct roles of long and short vowels.
  • Practical guidance on consonants, digamma history, and the special U sound that acts as both vowel and consonant.
  • Strategies for applying quantity and accent to improve fluency in both prose and verse.
  • Tips on elision, doubling consonants, and the rhythm needed for confident reading.

Ideal for students and readers of Latin who want a steady, reliable method for correct pronunciation and engaging reading aloud.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

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