The languages of Aristophanes : aspects of linguistic variation in classical Attic Greek / Andreas Willi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Willi, Andreas.

Series:

Oxford classical monographs.

Oxford classical monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aristophanes--Language.

Aristophanes.

Aristophanes--Knowledge--Language and languages.

Language and culture--Greece.

Language and culture.

Greek language--Variation.

Greek language.

Attic Greek dialect.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The play with linguistic styles constitutes an important ingredient of Aristophanic humour. Andreas Willi uses the stylistic diversity as a source to reconstruct the 'real' styles upon which Aristophanes based his text. Most of these 'real' styles would otherwise be lost because they are not represented in serious literature. - ;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 analys

Contents:

Contents; Texts, Translations, and Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1. Introduction; 2. Religious Registers; 3. Technical Languages; 4. 'Scientific Discourse'; 5. Sophistic Innovations; 6. Female Speech; 7. Foreigner Talk; 8. Conclusion; Appendix: Aristophanes' Attic: A Grammatical Sketch; References; Index of Passages; Index of Greek; General Index

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's doctoral thesis.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-304) and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-281-34604-7

0-19-153231-2

0-19-151421-7

1-4294-7030-5

OCLC:

608626577