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    The Language of Greek Comedy by Willi, Andreas;

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    • Publisher OUP Oxford
    • Date of Publication 3 October 2002

    • ISBN 9780199245475
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages356 pages
    • Size 224x146x24 mm
    • Weight 513 g
    • Language English
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    Short description:

    The contributions to this volume by a team of international experts illustrate how the linguistic study of Greek comedy can deepen our knowledge of the intricate connections between the dramatic texts and their literary and socio-cultural environment. While the main focus is on comedy, the diversity of the approaches adopted (including narratology, pragmatics, lexicology, dialectology, sociolinguistics, and textual criticism) ensures that much of the work applies to different genres and is relevant also to linguists and literary scholars.

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    The contributions to this volume illustrate how the linguistic study of Greek comedy can deepen our knowledge of the intricate connections between the dramatic texts and their literary and socio-cultural environment. Topics discussed include the relationship of comedy and iambus, the world of Doric comedy in Sicily, figures of speech and obscene vocabulary in Aristophanes, comic elements in tragedy, language and cultural identity in fifth-century Athens, linguistic characterization in Middle Comedy, the textual transmission of New Comedy, and the interaction of language and dramatic technique in Menander. Research in these topics and in related areas is reviewed in an extensive bibliographical essay.

    While the main focus is on comedy, the diversity of the approaches adopted (including narratology, pragmatics, lexicology, dialectology, sociolinguistics, and textual criticism) ensures that much of the work applies to different genres and is relevant also to linguists and literary scholars.

    ... learned and stimulating volume ... makes an important contribution to our understanding of comedy.

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    Table of Contents:

    The Language of Greek Comedy
    Ionic Iambos and Attic Komoidia
    The Language of Doric Comedy
    Some Evaluative Terms in Aristophanes
    Figures of Speech in Aristophanes
    Comic Elements in Tragic Language
    Mágeiros poietés
    Orthographical Variants in Papyri
    Speech in Speech in Menander

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