The Languages of Aristophanes: Aspects of Linguistic Variation in Classical Attic Greek

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 analyzed. 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.


Author: Andreas Willi
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 11/20/2003
Pages: 376
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.38lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780199262649

About the Author

Andreas Willi is Professor of Comparative Philology at the University of Oxford

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