Language and linguistic contact in ancient Sicily / edited by Olga Tribulato.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tribulato, Olga, 1975- editor.

Series:

Cambridge classical studies.

Cambridge classical studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bilingualism--Italy--Sicily--History.

Bilingualism.

Sociolinguistics--Italy--Sicily--History.

Sociolinguistics.

Greek language, Medieval and late--Dialects--Italy--Sicily--History.

Greek language, Medieval and late.

Latin language--Dialects--Italy--Sicily--History.

Latin language.

Greek language, Medieval and late--Dialects--Italy--Sicily--Foreign elements--Latin.

Latin language--Dialects--Italy--Sicily--Foreign elements--Greek.

Latin language--Influence on Greek.

Greek language--Influence on Latin.

Greek language.

Historical linguistics--Italy--Sicily.

Historical linguistics.

Italy--Languages--Pre-Italic.

Italy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 422 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Language & Linguistic Contact in Ancient Sicily

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Within the field of ancient bilingualism, Sicily represents a unique terrain for analysis as a result of its incredibly rich linguistic history, in which 'colonial' languages belonging to branches as diverse as Italic (Oscan and Latin), Greek and Semitic (Phoenician) interacted with the languages of the natives (the elusive Sicel, Sicanian and Elymian). The result of this ancient melting-pot was a culture characterised by 'postcolonial' features such as ethnic hybridity, multilingualism and artistic and literary experimentation. While Greek soon emerged as the leading language, dominating official communication and literature, epigraphic sources and indirect evidence show that the minority languages held their ground down to the fifth century BCE, and in some cases beyond. The first two parts of the volume discuss these languages and their interaction with Greek, while the third part focuses on the sociolinguistic revolution brought about by the arrival of the Romans.

Contents:

'So many Sicilies': introducing language and linguistic contact in ancient Sicily Olga Tribulato

Part I. Non-Classical Languages: 1. Language relations in Sicily: evidence for the speech of the Sikanoi, the Sikeloi and others / Paolo Poccetti; 2. The Elymian language / Simona Marchesini; 3. Phoenician and Punic in Sicily / Maria Giulia Amadasi Guzzo; 4. Oscan in Sicily / James Clackson; 5. Traces of language contact in Sicilian onomastics: evidence from the Great Curse of Selinous / Gerhard Meiser; 6. Coins and language in ancient Sicily / Oliver Simkin

Part II. Greek: 7. Sicilian Greek before the fourth century BC: an overview of the dialects / Ssuanna Mimbrera; 8. The Sicilian Doric koine / Susanna Mimbrera; 9. Intimations of koine in Sicilian Doric: the information provided by the Antiatticist / Albio Cesare Cassio; 10. 'We speak Peloponnesian': tradition and linguistic identity in post-classical Sicilian literature / Andreas Willi

Part III. Latin: 11. Siculi bilingues? Latin in the inscriptions of early Roman Sicily / Olga Tribulato; 12. Sicily in the Roman imperial period: language and society / Kalle Korhonen.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-23725-4

1-139-85429-1

1-139-24893-6

1-139-84285-4

1-139-84047-9

1-139-84521-7

1-139-84607-8

1-283-83633-5

1-139-84166-1

OCLC:

818862385