Greek Forms of Address From Herodotus to Lucian |
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| Author:
| Dickey, Eleanor |
| Series title: | Oxford Classical Monographs |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-815054-1 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 1996 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | Clarendon Press |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $250.00 |
Book Description:
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How did an Athenian citizen address his wife? His children, his dog? How did they address him? The only evidence we have is in the form of written texts. How close are these to spoken ancient Greek? This is the first major application of modern linguistic theories of address to an ancient language. Based on a corpus of 11,891 vocatives from 25 authors, the book uses techniques and evidence from the new field of sociolinguistics to answer these questions.
How did an Athenian citizen address his wife? His children, his dog? How did they address him? The only evidence we have is in the form of written texts. How close are these to spoken ancient Greek? This is the first major application of modern linguistic theories of address to an ancient language. Based on a corpus of 11,891 vocatives from 25 authors, the book uses techniques and evidence from the new field of sociolinguistics to answer these questions.