Change in Grammatical and Lexical Structures inPostclassical Greek: Local Dialects and Supradialectal Tendencies
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García Ramón José Luis
Abstract
The coexistence of local dialects and supradialectal languages (Attic- Ionic Koiné, local Koinaí) in the Hellenistic period is recognizable in the dialectal inscriptions from all regions of Greece in that era. The coalescence of dialectal and supradialectal grammatical and lexical structures in written language is evident at different levels of analysis: numerous apparent dialectal features, even if in texts consequently written in dialect, turn out to be simply dialect-colored variants of common Greek patterns, once one translates them to Attic and compares them with literary texts. The concrete manifestations of this situation follow different paths in the different regions: both the creation of new forms and structures, which are neither dialectal nor Attic-Hellenistic properly, and the occurrence of syntactic calques and artificial hyperdialectalisms. The present contribution focuses on the manifestations of the coexistence of dialect and Koiné and Koinaí in dialectal texts of the regions of Aeolis, Crete and especially Thessaly between 3rd and 1st centuries BC, with special consideration given to the bilingual version of the letter of King Philippos in the long inscription from Larisa (a.217/6).
Abstract
The coexistence of local dialects and supradialectal languages (Attic- Ionic Koiné, local Koinaí) in the Hellenistic period is recognizable in the dialectal inscriptions from all regions of Greece in that era. The coalescence of dialectal and supradialectal grammatical and lexical structures in written language is evident at different levels of analysis: numerous apparent dialectal features, even if in texts consequently written in dialect, turn out to be simply dialect-colored variants of common Greek patterns, once one translates them to Attic and compares them with literary texts. The concrete manifestations of this situation follow different paths in the different regions: both the creation of new forms and structures, which are neither dialectal nor Attic-Hellenistic properly, and the occurrence of syntactic calques and artificial hyperdialectalisms. The present contribution focuses on the manifestations of the coexistence of dialect and Koiné and Koinaí in dialectal texts of the regions of Aeolis, Crete and especially Thessaly between 3rd and 1st centuries BC, with special consideration given to the bilingual version of the letter of King Philippos in the long inscription from Larisa (a.217/6).
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
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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
