The Languages of Aristophanes
Aspects of Linguistic Variation in Classical Attic Greek
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 18 September 2003
- ISBN 9780199262649
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages374 pages
- Size 224x145x23 mm
- Weight 591 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
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. For instance, it is possible to distinguish between male and female Attic, to ask whether classical Athenian culture knew technical languages in the modern sense, and to look at what ancient people found funny about the broken language of foreigners.
MoreLong description:
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 analysed. 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, such as the spread of 'sophistic' culture, the re-evaluation of gender roles, and the status of foreigners in Athenian society.
MoreTable of Contents:
Introduction
Religious registers
Technical languages
'Scientific discourse'
Sophistic innovations
Female speech
Foreigner talk
Conclusion
Appendix: Aristophanes' Attic: A grammatical sketch
