The Roman Pronunciation Of Latin Why We Use It And How To Use It

The Roman Pronunciation of Latin

The Roman Pronunciation of Latin; Why We Use It and How to Use It

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The Roman Pronunciation of Latin

Excerpt from The Roman Pronunciation of Latin: Why We Use It and How to Use It The argument brought against the 'Roman pronunciation' of Latin is twofold: the impossibility of perfect theoretical knowledge, and the difficulty of practical attainment. If to know the main features of the classic pronunciation of Latin were impossible, then our obvious course would be to refuse the attempt; to regard the language as in reality dead, and to make no pretence of reading it. This is in fact what the English scholars generally do. But if we may know substantially the sounds of the tongue in which Cicero spoke and Horace sung, shall we give up the delights of the melody and the rhythm and content ourselves with the thought form ? Poetry especially does not exist apart from sound; sense alone will not constitute it, nor even sense and form without sound. But if it is true that the task of practical acquisition is, if not impossible, extremely difficult, 'the work of a lifetime, ' as the objectors say, do the results justify the expenditure of time and labor? The position of the English-speaking peoples is not the same in this as that of Europeans. Europeans have not the same necessity to urge them to the 'Roman pronunciation.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.