Coptic Interference in the Syntax of Greek Letters from Egypt

by: Fendel, V.B.M.

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Coptic Interference in the Syntax of Greek Letters from Egypt
Victoria Beatrix Maria Fendel
Oxford Classical Monographs
Provides a detailed grammar of a corpus of early Byzantine non-literary Greek
Takes sociolinguistic and second-language acquisition related approaches
Consists of in-depth chapters on the syntax of verb phrases, adverbial phrases, discourse markers, fixed expressions, and formulaic phrases
Offers a detailed description of fixed expressions and formulaic phrases in epistolary Greek and Coptic

Description
Egypt in the early Byzantine period was a bilingual country where Greek and Egyptian (Coptic) were used alongside each other. Historical studies along with linguistic studies of the phonology and lexicon of early Byzantine Greek in Egypt testify to this situation. In order to describe the linguistic traces that the language-contact situation left behind in individuals' linguistic output, Coptic Interference in the Syntax of Greek Letters from Egypt analyses the syntax of early Byzantine Greek texts from Egypt. The primary object of interest is bilingual interference in the syntax of verbs, adverbial phrases, clause linkage as well as in semi-formulaic expressions and formulaic frames. The study is based on a corpus of Greek and Coptic private letters on papyrus, which date from the fourth to mid-seventh centuries, originate from Egypt and belong to bilingual, Greek-Coptic, papyrus archives.

Table of Contents
I. Setting the scene
1:Introduction
2:Concepts, contexts, corpora
3:The basics of Coptic grammar
4:The grammar of the corpus (standard & variation)
II. Analysis
5:Verb prases: the syntax of arguments
6:Adverbial phrases: the syntax of adjuncts
7:Discourse markers: The syntax of clause-linkage
8:Formulaic language: the syntax of the epistolary frame
9:Semi-formulaic phrases: the syntax of signposts and hedges
III. Contextualising Deviations
10:Summary and Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography
Appendix: corpus of texts

Coptic Interference in the Syntax of Greek Letters from Egypt

by: Fendel, V.B.M.

• ISBN-13: 9780192869173 / 978-0-19-286917-3
• ISBN-03: 0192869175 / 0-19-286917-5
• Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2022

Price: 125,00 EURO

1 copy in stock