商品簡介
A principio (from the beginning) this codex (book) is ad captum vulgi (easily understood). Stone's (interdisciplinary studies, UC Berkeley) companion piece to Latin for the Illiterati is a guide for the average person interested in understanding the origin of many terms we commonly use each day with a focus on three areas of most common usage: legal, medical, and religious. Organized into three sections, Latin entries are arranged alphabetically; and the book includes an English to Latin index and an index of Latin abbreviations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Jon R. Stone is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Center for the Study of Religion and Lecturer in the English Writing Program at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is the author of Latin for the Illiterati (1996) and Guide to the End of the World: Popular Eschatology in America (1993).
