French Literature Reviews - 2026

Veikko Väänänen, Introduction au latin vulgaire
Literary Theory, Linguistics and Stylistics

Reprint

Librairie Klincksieck collection, Linguistics series

296 pages
140 x 200
isbn 10: 2-252-03587-0
retail price: €23

Veikko Väänänen's Introduction au latin vulgaire is a linguistics text published as part of the Librairie Klincksieck collection. This reprint preserves a standard reference work for students and scholars examining the linguistic evolution from antiquity to the medieval period.

Readers interested in the history of the Romance languages may find this volume relevant. The study provides documentation of vernacular forms that eventually developed into modern idioms, continuing to support research into historical linguistics, philology, and spoken usage in the Latin-speaking world.