Postclassical Greek - Problems and Perspectives

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.

About the author

Giuseppina di Bartolo
, Department of Linguistics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany;
Daniel Kölligan
, Department of Ancient Studies, Chair of Comparative Philology, Julius- Maximilians University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.

Product details

• Assisted by: Giuseppina di Bartolo (Editor), Kölligan (Editor), Daniel Kölligan (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.09.2024
• EAN: 9783111069098
• ISBN: 978-3-11-106909-8
• No. of pages: 321
• Weight: 599 g
• Illustrations: 6 b/w and 2 col. ill., 36 b/w tbl.
• Series: Trends in Classics - Greek and Latin Linguistics; Trends in Classics – Greek and Latin Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Altgriechisch, Alte Geschichte, Archäologie, Linguistik, Classical texts, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Diachronie, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, REL006410 RELIGION / Biblical Reference / Language Study, Synchronic variation, Diachrony of Greek in the Postclassical period, Griechische Linguistik, FOR000000 FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / General, Historical-Comparative / Ancient Greek Linguistics