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Dialect in Aristophanes: The Politics of Language in Ancient Greek Literature - Oxford Classical Monographs
Colvin, Stephen (Assistant Professor in Greek Literature and Linguistics, Assistant Professor in Greek Literature and Linguistics, Yale University)
Dialect in Aristophanes: The Politics of Language in Ancient Greek Literature - Oxford Classical Monographs
Colvin, Stephen (Assistant Professor in Greek Literature and Linguistics, Assistant Professor in Greek Literature and Linguistics, Yale University)
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 language attitude which are important for understanding ancient ideas about language and ethnicity.
347 pages, bibliography
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | June 3, 1999 |
ISBN13 | 9780198152491 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 360 |
Dimensions | 144 × 224 × 24 mm · 531 g |