Colvin, SC;
(2014)
Perceptions synchroniques des dialectes et de la koinè.
In: Minon, S, (ed.)
Diffusion de l’attique et expansion des koinai dans le Péloponnèse et en Grèce centrale.
(pp. 19-28).
Droz: Geneva, Switzerland.
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Abstract
This paper examines perceptions of the koine and its relationships with the epichoric dialects. The idea of a new, uniform common language which spread across the Greek world and replaced the dialects is rejected: in each area the koine emerged in a dynamic relationship with the local vernaculars. There must have been important differences in the development and status of the new Panhellenic standard across the Greek-speaking world. Greek sources often appear contradictory on the genesis of the koine: it is discussed as though it is both the descendant and the parent of the dialects. The confusion is typical of the culture of diglossia; but it may also mirror perceptions of the relation between the new panhellenic Greek identity and older local (e.g. Spartan or Athenian) identities.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Perceptions synchroniques des dialectes et de la koinè |
| ISBN-13: | 9782600013734 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://www.droz.org/eur/en/6056-9782600013734.html |
| Language: | French |
| Additional information: | Copyright 2014 by Librairie Droz S.A., 11, rue Massot, Genève. |
| Keywords: | Greek language, sociolinguistics, koine |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of Greek and Latin |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1354592 |
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