Coptic Interference in the Syntax of Greek Letters From Egypt

A detailed analysis of the syntax of early Byzantine Greek texts from Egypt that traces the bilingual interference in the syntax of verbs, adverbial phrases, clause linkage as well as in semi-formulaic expressions and formulaic frames.

List of contents

• I. Setting the scene


• 1: Introduction


• 2: Concepts, contexts, corpora


• 3: The basics of Coptic grammar


• 4: The grammar of the corpus (standard and variation)


• II. Analysis


• 5: Verb prases: the syntax of arguments


• 6: Adverbial phrases: the syntax of adjuncts


• 7: Discourse markers: The syntax of clause-linkage


• 8: Formulaic language: the syntax of the epistolary frame


• 9: Semi-formulaic phrases: the syntax of signposts and hedges


• III. Contextualising Deviations


• 10: Summary and Conclusion


• Appendix


• Bibliography


• Appendix: corpus of texts

About the author

Victoria Beatrix Maria Fendel is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford. She completed her undergraduate studies in Classical civilisations in 2012 at the University of Basel, Switzerland, followed by an MA in Greek and Ancient Near East Studies in 2015. For both she held a scholarship by the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes. Fendel then completed her DPhil in Classical languages and literature at the University of Oxford, Lady Margaret Hall, for which she held a Clarendon scholarship (2015-2018). Fendel also completed an MPhil in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics (focusing on French linguistics) at the University of Cambridge, Peterhouse in 2019, for which she held an AHRC scholarship.

Summary

A detailed analysis of the syntax of early Byzantine Greek texts from Egypt that traces the bilingual interference in the syntax of verbs, adverbial phrases, clause linkage as well as in semi-formulaic expressions and formulaic frames.

Product details

• Authors: Fendel, Victoria Fendel, Victoria (Leverhulme Early Career Fellow Fendel, Victoria Beatrix Maria Fendel, Victoria Beatrix Maria (Leverhulme Early C Fendel
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2022
• EAN: 9780192869173
• ISBN: 978-0-19-286917-3
• No. of pages: 552
• Series: Oxford Classical Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Alphabets & Writing Systems, Ancient History, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Historical & comparative linguistics, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Writing systems, alphabets, Historical and comparative linguistics