Tides of History

Encore: How Latin Became the Romance Languages

Jan 13, 2022

51:26

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Why the Written Language Wasn't Changing All the Time

03:19

Latin and the Romance Languages

02:45

The Nature of Language Change

02:30

Introduction

3min

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4min

The Nature of Language Change

2min

Language Change Is a Glacial Process

2min

The Transformation From Latin to Romance

5min

How Did Latin Change Over Time?

3min

The Inscriptions of the Roman Empire

5min

Is There a Homogeneous Vulgar Latin?

3min

The Differences Between Latin and Spanish

3min

10.

The Roman Empire - A Space of Movement

3min

11.

Head Space - The End of the Roman Empire

4min

12.

Latin and the Romance Languages

3min

13.

Why the Written Language Wasn't Changing All the Time

3min

14.

Alcowin's Pronunciation

2min

15.

Romance Languages - The First Full Text

3min

16.

The Roman Empire Split Apart, So Did the Essential Unity of Latin

5min

How did Latin splinter into the Romance languages? In this episode, we explore how Latin transformed from a single, widely dispersed language into a series - French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian, and so on - of related but no longer mutually intelligible tongues.

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