1897-1059 TO HEAR THE SOUND OF THE LATIN LANGUAGE: ABOUT ROMAN GRAMMARIANS IN THE CONTEXT OF AN OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF LINGUISTICS BY ADAM HEINZ Wolanin Hubert author Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie, Polska, ul. Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków Correspondence to: Hubert Wolanin hubert.wolanin@uj.edu.pl 16 07 2015 Volume 132, Issue 2 2015 71 83 Copyright © 2015 2015 <p>In the context of An Outline of the history of linguistics by Adam Heinz, the author mentions and comments upon the views of Roman grammarians (Priscianus, Velius Longus, Flavius Caper, Servius) and other ancient authors (M. F. Quintilianus, A. Gellius) which enable us to learn specific details about the phonic realisation of classical Latin. The statements that are analysed concern the velar allophone of the front nasal /n/ in the position before velar stops, the attenuation of articulation (reduction) of the voiceless velar spirant /h/, the attenuation of the postvocalic nasal /n/ before the fricatives /s/ and /f/ and of the postvocalic /m/ in the word-final position, as well as the lengthened articulation of the intervocalic glide //. In the final part of the article the author mentions the testimonies of grammarians which refer to the ways of accentuation of Latin compounds with enclitics and proclitics.</p> 1 Allen W.S. 1965. Vox Latina. A guide to the pronunciation of Classical Latin. Cambridge.  2 Bernardi Perini G. 1970. L’accento latino: cenni teorici e norme pratiche. [3rd edition].  3 Bologna. Di Napoli M. 2011. Velii Longi De orthographia: introduzione, traduzione e commento. Hildesheim.  4 Heinz A. 1978. Dzieje językoznawstwa w zarysie. Warszawa.  5 Heinz A. 1984. Język łaciński. [9th edition]. Kraków.  6 Kaster R.A. 1988. Guardians of language: the grammarian and society in late Antiquity. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London.  7 Marouzeau J. 1955. La prononciation du latin. [4th edition]. Paris.  8 Porzio Gernia M.L. 1974. Vicende storiche e strutturali dell’aspirazione latina. – Archivio Glottologico Italiano 59: 56–102.  9 Traina A. 1957. L’alfabeto e la pronuncia del latino. Bologna.  10 Väänänen V. 1963. Introduction au latin vulgaire. Paris.