The Evolution of the Latin /b/-/ṷ/ Merger: A Quantitative and Comparative Analysis of the B-V Alternation in Latin Inscriptions
ISBN: 9781469642857
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of North Carolina Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Latin language -- Phonology; Latin language -- Consonants; Inscriptions Latin;

Barbarino's orthographic study is a quantitative and comparative analysis of the alternation of B and V in Latin inscriptions. His data is drawn from approximately 4,800 epitaphs that include Latin inscriptions from Roman provinces in Britain, the Balkans, North Africa, Dalmatia, Spain, Gaul, and Italy.


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