Andreas Willi

The Languages of Aristophanes

Aspects of Linguistic Variation in Classical Attic Greek

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Produktbeschreibung

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 analyzed. Stylistic and statistical observations are combined and supplemented by typological comparisons with material drawn from sociolinguistic research on modern languages. The resulting portrayal of the Attic dialect deepens our understanding of various socio-cultural phenomena reflected in Aristophanes' work.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 374
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 146mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 543g
• ISBN-13: 9780199262649
• ISBN-10: 0199262640
• Artikelnr.: 21803019

Autorenporträt

Andreas Willi is Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Classics at the University of Basel

Inhaltsangabe

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