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Harvard system of referencing

2006-10-19T09:51:10Z

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The name '''Harvard''' is often given to a system of academic referencing. Another name for this is the author-date system. The name author-date is preferable for two reasons.

First, author-date identifies the main element of the system concisely. It consists of naming a source by using only two words, in a way that allows the reader to find it more precisely. (One of the advantages of the system is that it also allows the reader to ignore the detail of the source and continue to read the text with the minimum of distraction.)

Second, the University of Harvard does not normally use the sytem. A Head of Department there said "It looks to me like what we call the Social Science system." The name may owe something to academic snobbery: Harvard is one of the most prestigious universities in the world, and by using its name, scholars and students may be seeking to bask in its reflected glory. More to the point, the system seems to have been developed in Harvard

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Latin (language)

2006-10-19T07:19:38Z

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'''Latin''' was the language spoken by the ancient Romans. (Rome was in the district called '''Latium''' in Latin, and 'Latin' originally meant simply 'from Latium'.) The Romans famously had the greatest empire in Europe over at least the first four centuries of the [[Common Era]].

The Latin language is of great importance in several ways. Historically, the language of the Roman Empire was obviously important, and it was then associated with the Christian religion which developed within, and eventually became the only official religion of, the Empire.

Throughout Europe, it was the language of [[Higher Education]] from the time of the Roman Empire until about the 18th century; and the language of scholarship even later than that. It was also the language of the Christian religion in Western Europe until the Reformation in the 16th century. The old form of Western European Christianity (the '''Roman''' [[Catholic]] church) only stopped using Latin as the language of church services in the 1960s, under the Second Vatican Council. (Latin is still the official language in the Vatican, the Pope's state within the city of Rome.) These two circumstances of its use (education and religion) made the language hugely important for 2000 years. Its high status as the language of the Universities and the [[learned professions]], particularly Law and Medicine, helps to explain why so much Latin can be seen in academic writing. (See [[Abbreviations â€“ Academic, (Latin)]].)

Its importance in [[etymology]] is also high.

Latin (language)

2006-10-19T07:13:06Z

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'''Latin''' was the language spoken by the ancient Romans. (Rome was in the district called '''Latium''' in Latin, and 'Latin' originally meant simply 'from Latium'.) The Romans famously had the greatest empire in Europe over at least the first four centuries of the [[Common Era]].

The Latin language is of great importance in several ways. Historically, the language of the Roman Empire was obviously important, and it was then associated with the Christian religion which developed within it, eventually becoming the only official religion of the Empire.

Throughout Europe, it was the language of [[Higher Education]] from the time of the Roman Empire until about the 18th century; and the language of scholarship even later than that. It was also the language of the Christian religion in Western Europe until the Reformation in the 16th century. The old form of Western European Christianity (the '''Roman''' [[Catholic]] church) only stopped using Latin as the only language in church services in the 1960s, under the Second Vatican Council. (Latin is still the official language in the Vatican, the Pope's state within the city of Rome.) These two circumstances of its use (education and religion) made the language hugely important for 2000 years. Its high status as the language of the Universities and the [[learned professions]], particularly Law and Medicine, helps to explain why thered is so much Latin to be seen in academic writing. (See [[