Perceptions and Social Uses of the Ancient Greek Dialects

by: Willi, A. Probert, P.

Perceptions and Social Uses of the Ancient Greek Dialects
Edited by: Andreas Willi and Philomen Probert

About this book
Research on the ancient Greek dialects traditionally focusses on the grammatical description of these regional varieties. But dialects are more than geographically conditioned varieties of a language: in antiquity no less than in modern times, dialects may assume a range of social meanings, as speakers associate specific forms of speech with communicative situations and purposes that are independent of geographical location as such. This volume aims to complement research on the grammars of the ancient Greek dialects by exploring sociolinguistic and socio-pragmatic dimensions of dialect variation in the Greek world. For example, what factors determine the choice of a given variety, in situations of competition between different dialects—including competition between Koiné Greek and regional dialects? How are regional dialects represented in literature, and what do ancient sources tell us about the para-linguistic associations evoked by the use of a given dialect? How do ancient scholars and grammarians evaluate dialect usage—including ?unexpected? dialect features in literary texts? How do social and historical changes impact on the relationship between epichoric and literary dialects?

Author / Editor information
Andreas Willi, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Philomen Probert, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

Table of contents
Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

List of Abbreviations

List of Tables

List of Figures

Introduction: Perceptions and Social Uses of the Ancient Greek Dialects

Andreas Willi and Philomen Probert
Section I: Poetic Dialects and Epigraphic Poetry
A Polymorphic Goddess: The Multiple Dialectal Variants of Athena?s Name in Attic Poetry

Sara Kaczko
Alternative Literary Traditions in Greek Epigrammatic Poetry down to 400 BCE?

Paloma Guijarro Ruano
Local Dialects and “Literary Language(s)” in Classical and Hellenistic Inscribed Sacred Songs: Tradition, Linguistic Adaptation, and Transmission

Alcorac Alonso Déniz
Hellenistic Epigrams from Cos: Between Pan-Hellenic Dialectal Trends and Local Influence

Dalia Pratali Maffei
Section II: Regional Histories of Dialect Use and Variation
Dialect Competition: Arcadian as a Test Case

Araceli Striano
The Cretan Dialect and its Socio-political Context (8th-1st Centuries BCE)

Monique Bile
The Boeotian Dialect (Late 8th or Early 7th to 2nd Century BCE): Ecology of a System

Guy Vottéro
Dialect, Koine, and Latin on Lesbos

René Hodot
Section III: When and How to Switch to Koine Greek
Competing Influences and Dialectal Models in the Language of Boeotian Proxeny Decrees (4th to 2nd Century BCE)

Matilde Garré
Koineization in NW Doric Areas and the Onomastic Evidence: The Κλεύμαχος/Κλεόμαχος-type Compound Names Revisited

Panagiotis Filos
Socio-dialectal Koineization in the Argive Onomasticon: A Quantitative Analysis of a Cohort of 275 Personal Names (6th cent. BCE – 2nd cent. CE)

Sophie Minon
Section IV: Perceptions and Classifications of the Greek Dialects in Antiquity and Beyond
Perceptions of Linguistic Divergence in Greek Comedy

Anna A. Novokhatko
Sounding Attic in Imperial Inscriptions

Olga Tribulato
“Unlicensed Greek”: The “Dialect of Alexandria” in Ancient Greek Scholarship

Federico Favi
The Grammaticus Leidensis on the Aeolic Dialect: A Study in Textual Criticism and Historical Perceptual Dialectology

Niels Schoubben
The Aeolodoric Theory: A Reflection on the Perception of the Ancient Greek Dialects

Chiara Monaco
List of Contributors

General Index

Index of Authors and Passages

Index of Inscriptions and Papyri

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