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Professor James Clackson

Research

I have wide interests in the history of the Latin and Greek languages, ancient sociolinguistics and bilingualism, the languages and epigraphy of the ancient Mediterranean and comparative Indo-European studies. I have particular interests in the historical sociolinguistics of Latin; the other ancient Languages of the Italian peninsula especially Sabellian and Etruscan; and the history of the Armenian language.

Publications

Key publications: 

Clackson, J. (ed.) (2011). The Blackwell Companion to the Latin Language. Oxford, Blackwell-Wiley

Clackson, J and Horrocks G. (2010). The Blackwell History of the Latin Language. Oxford, Blackwell-Wiley

Clackson J. (2007). Indo-European Linguistics. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press

Clackson J. (1994). The Linguistic Relationship between Armenian and Greek. Cambridge, Philological Society

Publications (from Symplectic)

Book chapters

2017 (No publication date)

  • Clackson, JPT., 2017 (No publication date). Ινδοευρωπαικός πολιτισμός
  • Clackson, JPT., 2017 (No publication date). Η διαμορφή της ελληνικής γλώσσας
  • Clackson, JPT., 2017 (No publication date). Vox Armeniaca: New Evidence for the pronunciation of Classical Armenian

    • 2017

  • Clackson, JPT., 2017. Contamination, Blending and Armenian etymology
  • Clackson, JPT., 2017. Adulatio
  • Clackson, JPT., 2017. The Comparative Method and Comparative Reconstruction

    • 2016

  • Clackson, J., 2016. The language of a Pompeian tavern: submerged Latin?
    Doi: 10.1017/cbo9781316450826.005
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  • Clackson, JPT., 2016. Heinrich Hübschmann and Linguistic Classification
  • Clackson, J., 2016. Latin as a Source for the Romance Languages

    • 2015

  • Clackson, JPT., 2015. Local Languages in Italy and the West

    • 2014

  • Clackson, JPT., 2014. Greek and Armenian

    • 2012

  • Clackson, JPT., 2012. Language Maintenance and Language Shift in the Mediterranean World during the Roman Empire
  • Clackson, JPT., 2012. Oscan in Sicily
  • Clackson, JPT., 2012. The Origins of the Indic Languages: the Indo-European model

    • 2011 (No publication date)

  • Clackson, JPT., 2011 (No publication date). The lexicon of Armenian
  • Clackson, JPT., 2011 (No publication date). Vocabulary of Kinship and Social Structure
  • Clackson, JPT., 2011 (No publication date). Inscriptions and Local Languages

    • 2011

  • Clackson, JPT., 2011. Latin Morphology
  • Clackson, JPT., 2011. Introduction
  • Clackson, J., 2011. Classical Latin
  • Clackson, J., 2011. The Social Dialects of Latin
  • Clackson, J., 2011. Latin Inscriptions and Documents
  • Clackson, JPT., 2011. Classical Latin
  • Clackson, JPT., 2011. The Forms of Latin: Inflectional Morphology

    • 2010

  • Clackson, JPT., 2010. Colloquial Language in Linguistic Studies

    • 2008

  • Clackson, JPT., 2008. Classical armenian
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511486845.014
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  • Clackson, JPT., 2008. Latin
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511486814.007
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  • Hoenigswald, H., Woodard, RD. and Clackson, JPT., 2008. Indo-European
  • Clackson, JPT., 2008. An Armenian/Judaeo-Arabic word-list in Cambridge

    • 2007

  • Clackson, JPT., 2007. Indo-European civilization
  • Clackson, JPT., 2007. The Genesis of Greek
  • Clackson, JPT., 2007. The Latinist: D. R. Shackleton Bailey
  • Clackson, JPT., 2007. The Philologist: Ilya Gershevitch

    • 2004

  • Clackson, JPT., 2004. Minge: a loanword study
  • Clackson, JPT., 2004. PIE Syntax

    • 2001

  • Clackson, JPT., 2001. A Greek educational papyrus in Armenian script

    • 2000

  • Clackson, JPT., 2000. Time Depth in Indo-European
    • Journal articles

    2017 (No publication date)

  • Clackson, JPT., 2017 (No publication date). South Picene brímeqlúí and brímeidinais Incontri Linguistici, v. 39
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    2016

  • Carbon, J-M. and Clackson, JPT., 2016. Arms and the Boy: On the New Festival Calendar from Arkadia Kernos,
    Doi: 10.4000/kernos.2393
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  • Clackson, J., 2016. R. MASSARELLI , I TESTI ETRUSCHI SU PIOMBO (Biblioteca di studi etruschi 53). Pisa/Rome: Fabrizio Serra editore, 2014. Pp. 320, illus. <scp>isbn</scp> 9788862275712. €585.00. Journal of Roman Studies, v. 106
    Doi: 10.1017/s0075435816000046
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  • Clackson, J., 2016. World Philology ed. by Sheldon Pollock, Benjamin A. Elman, and Kevin Ku-Ming Chang Journal of World History, v. 27
    Doi: 10.1353/jwh.2016.0138
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    2015 (Accepted for publication)

  • Clackson, JPT., 2015 (Accepted for publication). Latinitas, Ἑλληνισμός and Standard Languages Studi e Saggi Linguistici, v. LIII
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.4454/ssl.v53i2.166
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    2015

  • Clackson, JPT., 2015. Review of M. Weiss: Language and Ritual in Sabellic Italy (2010), Athenaeum Anglo-Hellenic Review, v. 130
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  • Clackson, JPT., 2015. Originality and pastiche in the Passion of Perpetua Rationes Rerum, v. 5
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    2014

  • 2014. Editor's Note Transactions of the Philological Society, v. 112
    Doi: 10.1111/1467-968x.12050
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  • Clackson, J., 2014. J. N. ADAMS, SOCIAL VARIATION AND THE LATIN LANGUAGE. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Pp. xxi + 933. <scp>isbn</scp>9780521886147. £110.00. Journal of Roman Studies, v. 104
    Doi: 10.1017/s0075435814000604
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  • Clackson, J., 2014. und Literaturen, Universität Innsbruck, 2012. Cased, €80. ISBN: 978-3-85124-731-2. ... The Classical Review, v. 64
    Doi: 10.1017/s0009840x14000043
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  • Clackson, JPT., 2014. Review of A. Nicolson: The Mighty Dead: Why Homer matters Anglo-Hellenic Review, v. 50
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    2013

  • Clackson, J., 2013. Subgrouping in the Sabellian branch of Indo-European Transactions of the Philological Society,
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    2012

  • Stoddart, S., Barone, PM., Bennett, J., Ceccarelli, L., Cifani, G., Clackson, J., Della Giovampaola, I., Ferrara, C., Fulminante, F., Licence, T., Malone, C., Matacchioni, L., Mullen, A., Nomi, F., Pettinelli, E., Redhouse, D. and Whitehead, N., 2012. Opening the frontier: The Gubbio-Perugia frontier in the course of history Papers of the British School at Rome, v. 80
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/S0068246212000128
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  • Clackson, JPT., 2012. Review of S. Luraghi: Linguistique historique et indo-européenne Kratylos: kritisches Berichts- und Rezensionsorgan fuer indogermanische und allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, v. 57
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    2011 (No publication date)

  • Clackson, JPT., 2011 (No publication date). Armenian in contact with other languages in Early Byzantine times Handbook of Armenian,
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  • Clackson, JPT., 2011 (No publication date). The Origin of the Indic Languages: the Indo-European Model The Origin of Indian Civilization,
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    2011

  • Clackson, JPT., 2011. MHC's 'Imagines Italicae' ICS,
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    2010

  • Clackson, JPT., 2010. Review of M. Weiss: Outline of the Historical and Comparative Grammar of Latin Bryn Mawr Classical Review, v. 09
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  • Clackson, J., 2010. (D.W.) Anthony The Horse, the Wheel, and Language. How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes shaped the Modern World. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2007. Pp xii + 553. £24.95. 9780691058870. The Journal of Hellenic Studies, v. 130
    Doi: 10.1017/s007542691000100x
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  • Clackson, J., 2010. E. Benelli (ed.), THESAURUS LINGUAE ETRUSCAE. 1. INDICE LESSICALE. Seconda Edizione. Pisa/Rome: Fabrizio Serra, 2009. Pp. xxxiv + 580. ISBN 8-8622-7147-6/978-8-8622-7147-9. €445.00. Journal of Roman Studies, v. 100
    Doi: 10.1017/s0075435810000432
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    2009

  • Clackson, JPT. and Clackson, SJ., 2009. P. Clackson 35. A Greek-Coptic Glossary from the Beinecke collection Monastic Estates. Ostraca, papyri and Studies in Honour of Sarah Clackson,
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  • Clackson, J., 2009. Reception and history of scholarship - (P.) Hummel De Lingua Graeca: Histoire de l'histoire de la langue grecque. Bern: Peter Lang, 2007. Pp. xiii + 851. £58.70. 9783039112258. The Journal of Hellenic Studies, v. 129
    Doi: 10.1017/s0075426900004134
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    2008

  • Clackson, JPT., 2008. No Longer Vulgar Ad familiares, v. XXXIV
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  • Clackson, JPT., 2008. Review of A. Kelly: A Referential Commentary and Lexicon to Homer, Iliad VIII (2007) and E. Minchin: Homeric Voices: Discourse, Memory, Gender (2007) TLS - The Times Literary Supplement, v. 5507
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    2007

  • Clackson, JPT., 2007. Review of P. Probert: Ancient Greek Accentuation Bryn Mawr Classical Review, v. 05
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  • Clackson, J., 2007. Linguistics - (F.R.) Adrados A History of the Greek Language. From its Origins to the Present. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2005. Pp. xix + 345. 99. 9004128352. The Journal of Hellenic Studies, v. 127
    Doi: 10.1017/s0075426900002573
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    2006

  • CLACKSON, J., 2006. pbk). ... The Classical Review, v. 56
    Doi: 10.1017/s0009840x0500051x
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  • CLACKSON, J., 2006. (J.) Stuart-Smith Phonetics and Philology. Sound Change in Italic. Pp. xxiv + 270, maps, ills. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. Cased, £45. ISBN: 0-19-925773-6. The Classical Review, v. 56
    Doi: 10.1017/s0009840x05000740
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    2005

  • Clackson, JPT., 2005. Review of B.L.M.B. Bauer & G.-J. Pinault (eds.): Language in Time and Space. A Festschrift for Werner Winter on the Occasion of his 80th Birthday Kratylos: kritisches Berichts- und Rezensionsorgan fuer indogermanische und allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, v. 50
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  • Clackson, J., 2005. The Perfect System in Latin The Classical Review, v. 55
    Doi: 10.1093/clrevj/bni061
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  • Clackson, JPT., 2005. Review of F. Kortlandt: Armeniaca: Comparative Notes (with an Appendix on the historical phonology of Classical Armenian by Robert S.P. Beekes) Annual of Armenian Linguistics,
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    2004

  • Clackson, JPT., 2004. What I do in Hittite. Review of J. Jasanoff: Hittite and the Indo-European Verb TLS - The Times Literary Supplement, v. 5266
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  • Clackson, JPT., 2004. Latin Cambridge encyclopedia,
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  • Hoenigswald, HM., Woodard, RD. and Clackson, JPT., 2004. Indo-European The Cambridge encyclopedia of the world’s ancient languages,
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    2003

  • CLACKSON, J., 2003. MICHAEL E. STONE, DICKRAN KOUYMJIAN and HENNING LEHMANN: <i>Album of Armenian paleography</i>. 554 pp. Aarhus: Aarhus University Press, 2002. £126.75. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, v. 66
    Doi: 10.1017/s0041977x03370156
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  • Clackson, JPT., 2003. Review of G. Gasparyan: Das armenische Tempus- und Modussystem: synchrone und diachrone Analyse Kratylos: kritisches Berichts- und Rezensionsorgan fuer indogermanische und allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, v. 48
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  • Clackson, J., 2003. Innsbruck, 2002. Paper, €16. ISBN:3-85124-685-3. ... The Classical Review, v. 53
    Doi: 10.1093/cr/53.2.492
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    2002

  • Clackson, J., 2002. The Writing of <i>khs</i> and <i>phs</i> for <i>ks</i> and <i>ps</i> Glotta: Zeitschrift für Griechische und Lateinische Sprache, v. 78
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  • Clackson, J., 2002. COMPOSITION IN INDO‐EUROPEAN LANGUAGES Transactions of the Philological Society, v. 100
    Doi: 10.1111/1467-968x.00094
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  • 2002. Nominal Composition in Indo-European Languages, Part 2 Transactions of the Philological Society, v. 100
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  • Clackson, J., 2002. P. Burton, The Old Latin Gospels. A Study of their Texts and Language. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Pp. x + 232. ISBN 0-1982-6988-9. £45.00. Journal of Roman Studies, v. 92
    Doi: 10.2307/3184935
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  • Clackson, J., 2002. COMPOSITION IN INDO‐EUROPEAN LANGUAGES Transactions of the Philological Society, v. 100
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/1467-968x.00094
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  • Clackson, JPT., 2002. New readings on the Armeno-Greek Papyrus BnF 332 Arm Zeitschrift fur Papyrologie und Epigraphik, v. 141
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  • Clackson, JPT., 2002. The writing of χσ and φσ for ξ and ψ Glotta, v. 78
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    2001

  • Clackson, J. and Meissner, T., 2001. The poet of Chester Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society, v. 46
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    2000

  • Clackson, J., 2000. E. Courtney, Archaic Latin Prose (American Philological Association, American Classical Studies 42). Atlanta, Georgia: Scholars Press, 1999. Pp. xii + 164. ISBN 0-7885-0545-9. US$12.95. Journal of Roman Studies, v. 90
    Doi: 10.2307/300226
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  • Clackson, JPT., 2000. Review of G. Keydana: Absolute Konstruktionen in altindogermanischen Sprachen Kratylos: kritisches Berichts- und Rezensionsorgan fuer indogermanische und allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, v. 45
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  • Clackson, J., 2000. A Greek papyrus in Armenian script Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik,
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    1999

  • Clackson, J., 1999. Arm. <i>ariwn</i> 'Blood' Annual of Armenian Linguistics, v. 20
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    1996

  • Clackson, J., 1996. Comparative Grammar - A. L. Sihler: New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Pp. xxiv+686. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. Cased, £37.50. The Classical Review, v. 46
    Doi: 10.1093/cr/46.2.297
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    1995

  • CLACKSON, J., 1995. The Techne in Armenian Dionysius Thrax and the Techne,
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    Books

    2015

  • Clackson, JPT., 2015. Language and Society in the Greek and Roman Worlds
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139047944
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    2014

  • Clackson, JPT., 2014. Ιστορία της λατινικής γλώσσας

    • 2012

  • Clackson, JPT., 2012. Imagines Italicae: A Corpus of Italic Inscriptions

    • 2011

  • Clackson, J., 2011. A companion to the Latin language

    • 2009

  • Boud'hors, A., 2009. Monastic Estates in Late Antique and Early Islamic Egypt

    • 2007

  • Clackson, J., 2007. Indo-European linguistics
  • Clackson, J. and Horrocks, GC., 2007. The Blackwell history of the Latin language

    • 2004

  • Michalowski, P., Stolper, MW., Wilhelm, G., Huehnergard, J., Loprieno, A., Woods, C., Pardee, D., McCarter, PKJ., Hackett, JA., Creason, S., Gragg, G., Nebes, N., Stein, P., Macdonald, MCA., Hoenigswald, HM., Clackson, JPT., Watkins, C., Melchert, HC., Jamison, SW., Schmitt, R., Hale, M., Brixhe, C., Wallace, RE., Eska, JF., Jasanoff, JH., Faarlund, JT., Rix, H., Tuite, K., Peyraube, A., Steever, SB., Bricker, VR., Kaufman, T., Justeson, J. and Ringe, D., 2004. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages
  • Clackson, J., 2004. The word-order pattern" magna cum laude" in Latin and Sabellian
  • Clackson, J., 2004. Indo-European Word Formation: Proceedings of the Conference Held at the University of Copenhagen, October 20th-22nd 2000
  • Olsen, BA., 2004. Indo-European word formation
    • Other publications

    2006

  • Clackson, J., 2006. Voiced Aspirates in Latin
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