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Dialect in Aristophanes: The Politics of Language in Ancient Greek Literature

Dialect in Aristophanes: The Politics of Language in Ancient Greek Literature

Colvin, Stephen

Hardcover

Series: Oxford Classical Monographs

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ISBN10: 0198152493
ISBN13: 9780198152491
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: Jul 29 1999
Pages: 360
Weight: 1.33
Height: 0.94 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Did the Greeks find it amusing, irritating, or threatening when they heard another Greek speaking in a different dialect? This book exploits the evidence of ancient Greek comedy in an attempt to answer some of the questions about ancient language attitudes. Colvin draws conclusions from a comparative study of the language of dialect speaking characters and other foreigners in Old Comedy, and on an examination of linguistic attitudes in other genres of Greek literature.

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