The Languages of Aristophanes [[electronic resource] ] : Aspects of Linguistic Variation in Classical Attic Greek
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| Autore: |
Willi Andreas
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| Titolo: |
The Languages of Aristophanes [[electronic resource] ] : Aspects of Linguistic Variation in Classical Attic Greek
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (376 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 822/.01 |
| 882.01 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Aristophanes -- Knowledge -- Language and languages |
| Aristophanes -- Language | |
| Attic Greek dialect | |
| Comedy | |
| Greek language -- Variation | |
| Language and culture -- Greece | |
| Language and culture - Variation - Greece | |
| Greek language | |
| Languages & Literatures | |
| Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Languages of Aristophanes |
| ISBN: | 1-281-34604-7 |
| 0-19-153231-2 | |
| 0-19-151421-7 | |
| 1-4294-7030-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910777813503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Oxford Classical Monographs