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Dialect in Aristophanes: The Politics of Language in Ancient Greek Literature: Oxford Classical Monographs

Autor Stephen Colvin
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 3 iun 1999
Did the Greeks find it amusing, irritating or threatening when they heard another Greek speaking in a different dialect? Were they rude or tolerant when they heard Persians or Scythians speaking fractured Greek? And what about low-class varieties of the Greek spoken in the docks of Piraeus? Our evidence for the sociolinguistic culture of the ancient world is sadly limited, and modern linguistic assumptions and prejudices are often unconsciously projected onto old and alien cultures. This book exploits the evidence of ancient Greek comedy in an attempt to answer some of the questions about language attitude which are important for understanding ancient ideas about language and ethnicity. Conclusions are based on a comparative study of the language of dialect speaking characters and other foreigners in Old Comedy, and on an examination of linguistic attitudes in other genres of Greek literature.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780198152491
ISBN-10: 0198152493
Pagini: 360
Dimensiuni: 144 x 224 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.53 kg
Editura: Clarendon Press
Colecția Clarendon Press
Seria Oxford Classical Monographs

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

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The value of the book not just to philologists but to editors becomes plain in the discussion of the text of Aristophanes, which attempts to gauge the level of interference from later scholars and scribes.
Modern socio-linguistic theories are used to make up for the scarcity of the ancient data, and in general theoretical problems are handled with clarity, flexibility and good sense.
... admirable book ... valuable information.
Colvin's discussion is up-to-date and accurate ... an extremely helpful handbook of dialectology.
Up to now there could scarcley be said to have existed a comprehensive study of dialect in Aristophanes ... Hence Colvin's is a most necessary and timely book, which amply fits the bill. It is an impressive study ... the core of the book, which is essentially a comparative grammar based on the data provided by the dialect passages in Aristophanes ... is an immense achievement.
A very welcome reference tool ... Colvin has written a thought-provoking book which should be widely read.