Writing Latin

di James Morwood (Autore)

Richard Ashdowne (Autore)

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2007

A completely new guide to writing Latin from scratch, this user-friendly book includes key features such as: broad coverage - all the major grammatical constructions of the Latin language are covered, reinforcing what students have learnt from reading Latin; thorough accessible explanations - no previous experience of writing in Latin assumed; hundreds of examples - clear accurate illustrations of the constructions described, all with full translations; over six hundred practice sentences - graduated exercises leading students through three levels of difficulty from elementary to advanced level; introduction to Latin word order - a brief guide to some of the most important principles; and, longer passages for practising continuous prose composition - more challenging passages to stretch the most able students.It also includes features such as: commentaries on examples of Latin prose style - passages from great Latin prose writers focus attention on imitating real Latin usage; and, complete list of vocabulary - all the words needed for the exercises and a valuable reference for English-Latin work in general.

• Autore: James Morwood, Richard Ashdowne
• Editore: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Anno: 2007
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 192 p.
• Dimensioni: 232 x 156 mm
• Peso: 314 gr.
• EAN: 9781853997013

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