The Ancient World And Probably Other Random Stuff: Myth, Language, and Literature
Monday, March 23, 2009
Buck's Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian
Here is a link where you can download Carl Buck's Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian in PDF format. 'Tis a decent grammar; it includes some inscriptions and a glossary as well.
Michael Weiss is using the following to teach Oscan and Umbrian at Leiden this summer:
Helmut Rix, Sabellische Texte, Wiesbaden: C. Winter, 2002.
Rex Wallace, The Sabellic Languages of Ancient Italy, München: Lincom, 2007.
Wallace is the same dude with the new Etruscan book, and that primer of Latin graffiti from Pompeii and Herculaneum. I've never actually seen this book though.
Cool. I'd imagine that some sections are rather out of date, but I'd also imagine that there's still quite a bit of still relevant material therein.
ReplyDeleteYeah; I haven't had a chance to look through it yet.
ReplyDeleteDo you (or anyone else) know of a more recent grammar?
Michael Weiss is using the following to teach Oscan and Umbrian at Leiden this summer:
ReplyDeleteHelmut Rix, Sabellische Texte, Wiesbaden: C. Winter, 2002.
Rex Wallace, The Sabellic Languages of Ancient Italy, München: Lincom, 2007.
Wallace is the same dude with the new Etruscan book, and that primer of Latin graffiti from Pompeii and Herculaneum. I've never actually seen this book though.