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Postclassical Greek : Problems And Perspectives / Giuseppina di Bartolo, Daniel Kölligan.

ISBN: 9783111069098
ISBN: 9783111079172
ISBN: 9783111079387
Physical Description: 321 pages.
Edition: 1st edition.
Publisher: Boston : De Gruyter, 2024.

di Bartolo, Giuseppina, (editor.). Kölligan, Daniel, (editor.).

Summary:

The present volume collects contributions given at the First Postclassical Greek Conference Cologne (March 24–26, 2021), dealing with different topics related to the Greek language of the Postclassical period. In particular, it addresses the following issues: diachrony of the Greek language (e.g. as regards word order, negation, semantic shifts, counterfactuals); standardization processes; dialect convergence and linguistic change; linguistic innovation vs. reuse in literary Greek; layout of ancient texts in manuscripts.The papers include further elaborations with respect to their discussion within the activities of the DFG scientific network on Postclassical Greek (March 2022 – Feb. 2024) organized by the editors.The thirteen contributions aim at giving the readers new insights into this extremely complex and internally diverse stage of Greek, taking into consideration literary and documentary sources, New Testament Greek and inscriptions. Moreover, they show the productivity of the combination of philological and linguistic approaches when analyzing ancient languages.