Thesis
The language of Menander Comicus and its relation to the Koiné
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The thesis is a study of the language of Menander Comicus (c.341-292/1 B.C.). The core of the thesis is a partial description of his language. Using a sociolinguistically informed model of koineisation, Menander's language is related to developments in the linguistic history of Greek. The first chapter therefore reviews the literature on Menander's language and details the theory of koineisation that will inform the subsequent chapters; accommodation theory is here of particular importance...
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Authors
Contributors
+ de Melo, W
Division:
HUMS
Department:
Linguistics Philology and Phonetics Faculty
Role:
Supervisor
+ Willi, A
Division:
HUMS
Department:
Linguistics Philology and Phonetics Faculty
Role:
Supervisor
Funding
Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 2014
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- Oxford University, UK
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- Language:
- English
- Subjects:
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- ora:11989
- Deposit date:
- 2015-07-29
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- Copyright holder:
- Cartlidge, B
- Copyright date:
- 2014
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