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9780199262649

The Languages of Aristophanes Aspects of Linguistic Variation in Classical Attic Greek

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    9780199262649

  • ISBN10:

    0199262640

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-11-20
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

By examining linguistic variation in Aristophanic comedy, Andreas Willi opens up a new perspective on intra-dialectal diversity in Classical Attic Greek. A representative range of registers, technical languages, sociolects, and (comic) idiolects is described and analyzed. Stylistic and statistical observations are combined and supplemented by typological comparisons with material drawn from sociolinguistic research on modern languages. The resulting portrayal of the Attic dialect deepens our understanding of various socio-cultural phenomena reflected in Aristophanes' work.

Author Biography


Andreas Willi is Professor of Comparative Philology at the University of Oxford

Table of Contents

Texts, Translations, and Abbreviations x
List of Figures
xii
List of Tables
xiii
Introduction
1(7)
Religious Registers
8(43)
Technical Languages
51(45)
`Scientific Discourse'
96(22)
Sophistic Innovations
118(39)
Female Speech
157(41)
Foreigner Talk
198(28)
Conclusion
226(6)
Appendix: Aristophanes' Attic: A Grammatical Sketch 232(39)
References 271(34)
Index of Passages 305(32)
Index of Greek 337(14)
General Index 351

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