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

by Stephen Colvin

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198152491
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	07/29/1999
Series:	Oxford Classical Monographs
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.10(d)
Lexile:	1230L (what's this?)