Vulgar Latin - Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Vulgar Latin featured a large vocabulary of words that were productive in Romance.

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Famous quotes containing the word vocabulary:

    “The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain.”
    —Marina Warner (b. 1946)

    “[T]here is no breaking out of the intentional vocabulary by explaining its members in other terms.”
    —Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)

    “I have a vocabulary all my own. I “pass the time” when it is wet and disagreeable. When it is fine I do not wish to pass it; I ruminate it and hold on to it. We should hasten over the bad, and settle upon the good.”
    —Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)