Confusion of Mood or Phoneme? The Impact of L1 Phonology on Verb Semantics
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Sonja Dahlgren
Abstract
The Greek texts from Egypt show extensive nonstandard vowel production, which could cause inadvertent confusion in e.g. Greek mood or case endings. This has previously been seen as evidence of a bad command of Greek, either because of internal phonological change or due to imperfect knowledge of Greek. On closer look numerous similarities to the nonstandard vowel production in Greek texts can also be found in native (Coptic) Egyptian texts. Greek loanwords in Coptic are treated according to Coptic phonological rules and show nonstandard vowel usage of the same nature that is present in Greek in some sociolects. The nonstandard spellings present evidence of underdifferentiation of Greek phonemes as well as transfer elements of the Egyptian prosodic system. The vowel usage is examined within the framework of L2WS (second language writing systems) studies, and evidence for the coarticulatory effect of the consonants on the vowels’ quality is drawn from the field of articulatory phonetics.
Abstract
The Greek texts from Egypt show extensive nonstandard vowel production, which could cause inadvertent confusion in e.g. Greek mood or case endings. This has previously been seen as evidence of a bad command of Greek, either because of internal phonological change or due to imperfect knowledge of Greek. On closer look numerous similarities to the nonstandard vowel production in Greek texts can also be found in native (Coptic) Egyptian texts. Greek loanwords in Coptic are treated according to Coptic phonological rules and show nonstandard vowel usage of the same nature that is present in Greek in some sociolects. The nonstandard spellings present evidence of underdifferentiation of Greek phonemes as well as transfer elements of the Egyptian prosodic system. The vowel usage is examined within the framework of L2WS (second language writing systems) studies, and evidence for the coarticulatory effect of the consonants on the vowels’ quality is drawn from the field of articulatory phonetics.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Acknowledgements V
- Contents VII
- Postclassical Greek. An Overview 1
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Section I: Grammatical Categories
- Purpose and Result Clauses: ἵνα-hína and ὥστε-hōʹste in the Greek Documentary Papyri of the Roman Period 19
- Syntactic Factors in the Greek Genitive- Dative Syncretism: The Contribution of New Testament Greek 39
- Future Periphrases in John Malalas 71
- Combining Linguistics, Paleography and Papyrology: The Use of the Prepositions eis, prós and epí in Greek Papyri 97
- Future Forms inPostclassical Greek. Some Remarks on the Septuagint and the New Testament 111
- Greek Infinitive-Retreat versus Grammaticalization: An Assessment 145
- Postclassical Greek and Treebanks for a Diachronic Analysis 163
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Section II: Sociolinguistic Aspects and Variation
- The Perfect Paradigm in Theodosius’ Κανόνες: Diathetically Indifferent and Diathetically Non-Indifferent Forms 205
- Forms of the Directive Speech Act: Evidence from Early Ptolemaic Papyri 221
- What’s in a (personal) Name? Morphology and Identity in Jewish Greek Literature in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods 245
- Confusion of Mood or Phoneme? The Impact of L1 Phonology on Verb Semantics 283
- Change in Grammatical and Lexical Structures inPostclassical Greek: Local Dialects and Supradialectal Tendencies 303
- Index 337
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Acknowledgements V
- Contents VII
- Postclassical Greek. An Overview 1
-
Section I: Grammatical Categories
- Purpose and Result Clauses: ἵνα-hína and ὥστε-hōʹste in the Greek Documentary Papyri of the Roman Period 19
- Syntactic Factors in the Greek Genitive- Dative Syncretism: The Contribution of New Testament Greek 39
- Future Periphrases in John Malalas 71
- Combining Linguistics, Paleography and Papyrology: The Use of the Prepositions eis, prós and epí in Greek Papyri 97
- Future Forms inPostclassical Greek. Some Remarks on the Septuagint and the New Testament 111
- Greek Infinitive-Retreat versus Grammaticalization: An Assessment 145
- Postclassical Greek and Treebanks for a Diachronic Analysis 163
-
Section II: Sociolinguistic Aspects and Variation
- The Perfect Paradigm in Theodosius’ Κανόνες: Diathetically Indifferent and Diathetically Non-Indifferent Forms 205
- Forms of the Directive Speech Act: Evidence from Early Ptolemaic Papyri 221
- What’s in a (personal) Name? Morphology and Identity in Jewish Greek Literature in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods 245
- Confusion of Mood or Phoneme? The Impact of L1 Phonology on Verb Semantics 283
- Change in Grammatical and Lexical Structures inPostclassical Greek: Local Dialects and Supradialectal Tendencies 303
- Index 337
