W. Sidney Allen Books

This is a reissue of the second edition of a book on the pronunciation of Latin in Rome in the Golden Age. It has a section of supplementary notes which deal with subsequent developments in the subject. The author has also added an appendix on the names of the letters of the Latin alphabet.

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- THE PHONEMES OF SANSKRIT -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- I– VOWEL + VOWEL -- II– VOWEL - CONSONANT -- III. CONSONANT + VOWEL -- IV–CONSONANT + CONSONANT -- V–TERMINAL SANDHI -- APPENDIX A -- APPENDIX B -- ANALYSIS