This paper presents the salient features of the Latin inscriptions included in the section Sardinia of the CLaSSES database (Corpus for Latin Sociolinguistic Studies on Epigraphic Texts). This section gathers 1184 inscriptions (14413 tokens) from the island, covering a broad time span (from the first century BCE to the seventh century CE), including several text types (public and private inscriptions, as well as sacred and funerary texts). The results of our examination helped us to determine the salient features of the variety of Latin spoken in Sardinia, which on the one hand foreshadows the Romance outcomes of the Sardinian varieties, and on the other hand, enables us to highlight common linguistic features between Sardinia and Africa.
La sezione Sardegna del corpus CLaSSES
lucia tamponi
2023-01-01
Abstract
This paper presents the salient features of the Latin inscriptions included in the section Sardinia of the CLaSSES database (Corpus for Latin Sociolinguistic Studies on Epigraphic Texts). This section gathers 1184 inscriptions (14413 tokens) from the island, covering a broad time span (from the first century BCE to the seventh century CE), including several text types (public and private inscriptions, as well as sacred and funerary texts). The results of our examination helped us to determine the salient features of the variety of Latin spoken in Sardinia, which on the one hand foreshadows the Romance outcomes of the Sardinian varieties, and on the other hand, enables us to highlight common linguistic features between Sardinia and Africa.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
