CLA 30 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Latin, Noun, Morpheme
CLA 30
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
9/27/17 Introduction
Instructor: Shennan Hutton
- Office: 164 Kerr
- Office Hours: T 9:30-11:30am
Things to Do
- Get workbook
- Register with Top Hat (Code: 420770)
- Bring UCD 2000 Scantron (ones with student ID bubble)
- Read A Course on Words, [hereafter CW], p. Vii}
- Complete Unit 1, frames 1-49
Telling Time
- C.E. = Common Era (from 1-2017)
- Dates after the birth of Jesus
- Put AFTER dates (ex: 140 C.E.)
- A.D. = Anno Domini
- Latin, means in the year of our Lord
- Put BEFORE dates (ex: A.D. 140)
- Not used anymore
- It is 2017 C.E. or A.D. 2017
- B.C.E. = Before the Common Era
- Dates before the birth of Jesus
- Some use B.C. (Before Christ)
- Put AFTER dates (ex: 250 B.C.E.)
Greeks and Romans
- Greeks = people who speak Greek
- Modern times: Greeks live in Europe in Greece, formed in 1800s
- Ancient tImes: People who spoke Greek lived in area of Aegean Sea
- Middle of 2nd millennium B.C.E. (1500 B.C.E.)
- We know because they left writing form (Linear B) proved to be Greek
- Spread (incl. culture) to Mediterranean Sea over next 1,000 years
- S. France, Black Sea, S. Italy, Sicily, N. Africa
- Alexander the Great (356-23 B.C.E.) conquered chunk of Afroeurasia, brought
Greek culture/language to E. Mediterranean
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- Ancient Greeks excelled in art, philo, science
- Although not dominant, left lasting mark in Euro, Middle Eastern, S. Asian culture
- Result: Greek strong influence in English
The Romans and Latin
- Romans = Central Italian people who got name from city of Rome
- First records from first millennium B.C.E. (~500 B.C.E.)
- Spoke Latin
- Originally controlled small area of central Italy
- By 1 C.E., empire controlled Mediterranean
- Spread language
- Latin = predominant in W. Mediterranean vs Greek in E.
Mediterranean
- Romans admired Greek culture -> Latin borrowed Greek vocab
- Roman Empire lasted 2,000 yrs but Western empire fell apart
- Middle of 1st millennium C.E., Western, Latin-speaking part divided into
many independent states
- Latin remained language of education
- Latin changed to become modern Romance languages (Spanish, French,
Italian)
- Spanish evolved from Latin as spoken in area of Spain & Romania,
etc.
- Eastern, Greek-speaking part lived on until 1453 C.E.
- English is NOT romance language, does not descend directly from Latin
- Still W. European language, influenced by Latin by Latin & Romance languages,
particularly France
- Some Greek vocab from Greek & indirectly Latin b/c of continuing respect of W
Europeans for Greek culture
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Document Summary
Bring ucd 2000 scantron (ones with student id bubble) Read a course on words, [hereafter cw], p. vii} Latin, means in the year of our lord. Modern times: greeks live in europe in greece, formed in 1800s. Ancient times: people who spoke greek lived in area of aegean sea. Middle of 2nd millennium b. c. e. (1500 b. c. e. ) We know because they left writing form (linear b) proved to be greek. Spread (incl. culture) to mediterranean sea over next 1,000 years. S. france, black sea, s. italy, sicily, n. africa. Alexander the great (356-23 b. c. e. ) conquered chunk of afroeurasia, brought. Ancient greeks excelled in art, philo, science. Although not dominant, left lasting mark in euro, middle eastern, s. asian culture. Romans = central italian people who got name from city of rome. First records from first millennium b. c. e. (~500 b. c. e. ) Originally controlled small area of central italy. Latin = predominant in w. mediterranean vs greek in e.
