Redefining the Standards in Attic, Koine, and Atticism / edited by Chiara Monaco, Robert Machado, and Eleni Bozia.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Machado, Robert, editor.

Bozia, Eleni, editor.

Monaco, Chiara, editor.

Series:

Euhormos: Greco-Roman studies in anchoring innovation ; Volume 6.

Euhormos ; Volume 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek language--Grammar, Comparative.

Greek language.

Greek language--Variation.

Greek language, Hellenistic (300 B.C.-600 A.D.).

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill BV, [2024]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Scholarship surrounding the standard varieties of Ancient Greek (Attic, the Koine, and Atticistic Greek) focused from its beginnings until relatively recently on determining fixed uniformities or differences between them. This collection of essays advocates for understanding them as interconnected and continuously evolving and suggests viewing them as living organisms shaped by their speakers and texts. The authors propose approaches that integrate linguistics, sociolinguistics, and literary studies to explore how speakers navigate linguistic norms and social dynamics, leading to innovations and reshaping of standards. Each contribution challenges the dichotomy between standards and deviations, suggesting that studying linguistic diversity through socio-literary interconnectedness can enrich our understanding of language history and cultural wealth.

Contents:

Foreword

Acknowledgments

List of Illustrations and Tables

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

Chiara Monaco, Robert Machado and Eleni Bozia

Part 1: Setting the Standards

1 Koines, Standards, and What's behind Them: Capturing Linguistic Norms in Greek Official Writing

Klaas Bentein

2 Orthographic Variation beyond Spelling Mistakes: Tremas and Adscripts in 194 Greek Papyrus Letters

Winnie Smith

3 Menander and the Alexandrian Dialect: the Atticists' Perspective on Menander's Language

Chiara Monaco

Part 2: Fashioning Language through Literature and Vice Versa

4 Xenophon, Professional Military Vocabulary, and the Formation of the Literary Koine

Luuk Huitink and Tim Rood

5 Forerunner of the Koine or Attic Bee? The Reception of Xenophon in the Imperial Age

Gabriella Rubulotta

6 Searching for Linguistic Standards in 2 Maccabees

Enrico Cerroni

Part 3: Socio-Political Aspects of Language

7 Eupolis fr. 99, 25 PCG: Imposing Standards on Stage?

Anna A. Novokhatko

8 The Dual in Aristophanes and Late Fifth-, Early Fourth-Century Attic

Robert Machado

9 Negotiating Jewish Identity through the (Non-)inflection of Personal Names: Evidence from the Greek of the New Testament

Robert Crellin

10 Politics of Atticism: Prefiguring New Imperial Citizenship

Eleni Bozia

11 Teaching New Testament Greek: What, and How?

Cressida Ryan

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004687318

9004687319

OCLC:

1455129513

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004687318 DOI