Dialect in Aristophanes : The Politics of Language in Ancient Greek Literature

Name: Dialect in Aristophanes
Brand: Oxford University Press
SKU: 9780198152491
Price: 38450 KES
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ISBN: 9780198152491

by Stephen Colvin

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Format Hardback

Book Series Oxford Classical Monographs

ISBN-10 0198152493

ISBN-13 9780198152491

Publisher Oxford University Press

Imprint Clarendon Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jun 3rd, 1999

Print length 360 Pages

Weight 531 grams

Dimensions 22.40 x 14.40 x 2.40 cms

Product Classification: Sociolinguistics Psycholinguistics Literary studies: classical, early & medieval Literary studies: plays & playwrights

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Did the Greeks find it amusing, irritating or threatening when they heard another Greek speaking in a different dialect? 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.

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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