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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Monaco, Chiara, editor.

Machado, Robert, editor.

Bozia, Eleni, editor.

Series:

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

Euhormos : Greco-Roman studies in anchoring innovation, 2590-1796 ; volume 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek language--Grammar, Comparative.

Greek language.

Greek language--Variation.

Attic Greek dialect.

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

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 341 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2024]

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. Contributors are: Klaas Bentein, Winnie Smith, Chiara Monaco, Luuk Huitink, Tim Rood, Gabriella Rubulotta, Enrico Cerroni, Robert Crellin, Anna Novokhatko, Robert Machado, Eleni Bozia, Cressida Ryan"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Cover

Half Title

Series Information

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Illustrations and Tables

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

Part 1 Setting the Standards

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

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

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

Part 2 Fashioning Language through Literature and Vice Versa

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

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

Chapter 6 Searching for Linguistic Standards in 2 Maccabees

Part 3 Socio-Political Aspects of Language

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

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

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

Chapter 10 Politics of Atticism: Prefiguring New Imperial Citizenship

Chapter 11 Teaching New Testament Greek: What, and How?

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher, digital images.

Other Format:

Print version: Redefining the standards in Attic, Koine, and Atticism

ISBN:

9004687319

9789004687318

OCLC:

1435753712

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Restricted for use by site license.

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