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Ad Infinitum
Nicholas Ostler · 初版 2007 年
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一项针对 Latin 语言的研究探讨了其在西方文化与文明演进中的作用；它与古希腊语言、科学和哲学的关系；它在天主教教会（Catholic Church）中的地位；以及它作为现代诸语言源头的角色。
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Ad Infinitum
Nicholas Ostler · 初版 2007 年
一项针对 Latin 语言的研究探讨了其在西方文化与文明演进中的作用；它与古希腊语言、科学和哲学的关系；它在天主教教会（Catholic Church）中的地位；以及它作为现代诸语言源头的角色。
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……可以参考 Nicholas Ostler 写的历史：* https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/dec/04/last-lingua-fr... 一种语言在其相关的文化衰落之后依然可以存活下来。另一个例子可以参考同样出自 Ostler 之手的《Ad Infinitum: A Biography of Latin》：* https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/dec/08/featuresreview...
…Nicholas Ostler for a history: * https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/dec/04/last-lingua-fr... A language can survive the waning of the culture that it was associated with. For another example, see Ad Infinitum: A Biography of Latin, also by Ostler: * https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/dec/08/featuresreview...
Gardini 的书听起来挺有意思，但我想给一本老书打个 call，这里的读者可能会更感兴趣：Nicholas Ostler 写的《Ad Infinitum: A Biography of Latin and the World It Created》。这是一本面向大众读者的拉丁语历史书，从它的起源一直讲到当今的应用（可惜这本书……
Gardini's book sounds like fun, but I want to put in a plug for an older one that might be of more interest to this crowd: Ad Infinitum: A Biography of Latin and the World It Created by Nicholas Ostler. This is a general-reader history of the Latin language that goes from its origin up until its use in the present day (too bad the book…
另见 Nicholas Ostler 的《Ad Infinitum: A Biography of Latin》：> 语言的历史就是政治、社会和宗教的历史——而就拉丁语而言，这是一个关于惊人生命力的故事，这门语言顽强地……
See also Ad Infinitum: A Biography of Latin by Nicholas Ostler: > The history of language is the history of politics, society and religion - and in the case of Latin it is a story of incredible staying power, the tongue sturdily…