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IAtticistlexicaand atticising pronunciation1Atticismand pronunciationThisbookargues thattheAtticistlexicawrittenbetweenthe2ndand3rdcenturiesADcontainprescriptionsaboutthepronunciationof Greek.Such prescriptionsreflectwhattheeducated elitesof theimperialperiodthoughtto be thecorrectpronunciationof Greek:thesameindividualswhothoughttherewas apureva-rietyof Greekto write–the Atticists–alsothoughtthattherewas apurepronun-ciationofGreekoneshouldadoptin speaking. Allthe entries¹thatmaycontainrelevantinformationonthe specialpronunciationof theAtticistsin the2ndand3rdcenturies AD are collected anddiscussedin the secondhalfof thisbook,inanattemptat definingthestandardof pronunciationassociatedwith2ndcenturylinguisticpurism.Theinquiryof thisworkwalksafinelinebetweenproblemsof spellingandpronunciation.Discussionof orthographicalproblemsbegan withAlexandrianscholarship,andgraduallyevolved intoan autonomousbranchof grammaticaltradition:by the2ndcenturyAD Herodianwouldprovideasystematic discussionof orthographyinhis lostπερὶὀρθογραφίας².Asall discussionsof alternativespellings, ancientdiscussionsof orthographymay provideindirectinformationon thepronunciationof Greek.If afull atheoreticaldiscussionbecomesneces-saryto discusswhetheroneshouldwriteμῖμοςorμεῖμος,ἔμποροςorἔνπορος³,we mayreasonablysupposethatoneandthesamepronunciationcorrespondedto bothalternative spellings, notdifferentlythatwhenan explanationis neededto prescribewhetheroneshouldwriteit’sorits,bearorbarein English.Thisbook,however,baseson acorpusof prescriptionsfromtheAtticistlexicathathave afocuson pronunciation:exclusively,orinsupportof aspecificspelling⁴.Avery clearexample of theinformationon pronunciationthatcanbe foundin the Atticistlexicais aglosslikethe following–the AtticistPhrynichusinclud-ed it in theEcloga,ashortGreeklexiconhe composedtowards theendof the2ndcenturyAD:Whennecessary,Iwillmakeadistinctionbetween entries,lemmata,glosses: an entryis alemmaandits gloss.Most timeshowever,Iwilljustuseglossas asynonymof entry.On ancientorthography seeValente2015b.ExamplesfromJohannesCharax,περὶὀρθογραφίας(6thcenturyAD),aworkthatcontinuesHerodian’sdoctrine(dicussedin Valente2015b:964–9).Togetherwithinformationonword-choiceand correctusage,information on orthographymusthave beenoneof thereasonswhy thelexicawere copiedandusedthrough Byzantinetimes.https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110432299-002
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IAtticistlexicaand atticising pronunciation1Atticismand pronunciationThisbookargues thattheAtticistlexicawrittenbetweenthe2ndand3rdcenturiesADcontainprescriptionsaboutthepronunciationof Greek.Such prescriptionsreflectwhattheeducated elitesof theimperialperiodthoughtto be thecorrectpronunciationof Greek:thesameindividualswhothoughttherewas apureva-rietyof Greekto write–the Atticists–alsothoughtthattherewas apurepronun-ciationofGreekoneshouldadoptin speaking. Allthe entries¹thatmaycontainrelevantinformationonthe specialpronunciationof theAtticistsin the2ndand3rdcenturies AD are collected anddiscussedin the secondhalfof thisbook,inanattemptat definingthestandardof pronunciationassociatedwith2ndcenturylinguisticpurism.Theinquiryof thisworkwalksafinelinebetweenproblemsof spellingandpronunciation.Discussionof orthographicalproblemsbegan withAlexandrianscholarship,andgraduallyevolved intoan autonomousbranchof grammaticaltradition:by the2ndcenturyAD Herodianwouldprovideasystematic discussionof orthographyinhis lostπερὶὀρθογραφίας².Asall discussionsof alternativespellings, ancientdiscussionsof orthographymay provideindirectinformationon thepronunciationof Greek.If afull atheoreticaldiscussionbecomesneces-saryto discusswhetheroneshouldwriteμῖμοςorμεῖμος,ἔμποροςorἔνπορος³,we mayreasonablysupposethatoneandthesamepronunciationcorrespondedto bothalternative spellings, notdifferentlythatwhenan explanationis neededto prescribewhetheroneshouldwriteit’sorits,bearorbarein English.Thisbook,however,baseson acorpusof prescriptionsfromtheAtticistlexicathathave afocuson pronunciation:exclusively,orinsupportof aspecificspelling⁴.Avery clearexample of theinformationon pronunciationthatcanbe foundin the Atticistlexicais aglosslikethe following–the AtticistPhrynichusinclud-ed it in theEcloga,ashortGreeklexiconhe composedtowards theendof the2ndcenturyAD:Whennecessary,Iwillmakeadistinctionbetween entries,lemmata,glosses: an entryis alemmaandits gloss.Most timeshowever,Iwilljustuseglossas asynonymof entry.On ancientorthography seeValente2015b.ExamplesfromJohannesCharax,περὶὀρθογραφίας(6thcenturyAD),aworkthatcontinuesHerodian’sdoctrine(dicussedin Valente2015b:964–9).Togetherwithinformationonword-choiceand correctusage,information on orthographymusthave beenoneof thereasonswhy thelexicawere copiedandusedthrough Byzantinetimes.https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110432299-002
© 2018 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Munich/Boston

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Foreword VII
  3. Contents IX
  4. I. Atticist lexica and atticising pronunciation 1
  5. II. Vowel timbre 40
  6. III. Vowel quantity: variations in spelling 64
  7. IV. Prosodies 82
  8. V. Degemination 104
  9. VI. Conclusions. Traits of atticising pronunciation 119
  10. VII. Lemmata and glosses 122
  11. VIII. Concordances and indexes 263
  12. IX. Abbreviations and bibliography 278
  13. Index locorum 295
  14. Index of Authors 312
  15. Index of Subjects 313
  16. Index of lemmata and glosses 314
  17. Index of Greek technical terms and other notable words 319
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Foreword VII
  3. Contents IX
  4. I. Atticist lexica and atticising pronunciation 1
  5. II. Vowel timbre 40
  6. III. Vowel quantity: variations in spelling 64
  7. IV. Prosodies 82
  8. V. Degemination 104
  9. VI. Conclusions. Traits of atticising pronunciation 119
  10. VII. Lemmata and glosses 122
  11. VIII. Concordances and indexes 263
  12. IX. Abbreviations and bibliography 278
  13. Index locorum 295
  14. Index of Authors 312
  15. Index of Subjects 313
  16. Index of lemmata and glosses 314
  17. Index of Greek technical terms and other notable words 319
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