Language and Linguistic Contact in Ancient SicilyOlga Tribulato Cambridge University Press, 29 nov 2012 - 422 páginas Within the field of ancient bilingualism, Sicily represents a unique terrain for analysis as a result of its incredibly rich linguistic history, in which 'colonial' languages belonging to branches as diverse as Italic (Oscan and Latin), Greek and Semitic (Phoenician) interacted with the languages of the natives (the elusive Sicel, Sicanian and Elymian). The result of this ancient melting-pot was a culture characterised by 'postcolonial' features such as ethnic hybridity, multilingualism and artistic and literary experimentation. While Greek soon emerged as the leading language, dominating official communication and literature, epigraphic sources and indirect evidence show that the minority languages held their ground down to the fifth century BCE, and in some cases beyond. The first two parts of the volume discuss these languages and their interaction with Greek, while the third part focuses on the sociolinguistic revolution brought about by the arrival of the Romans. |
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Introducing language | 1 |
Evidence for the speech | 49 |
The Elymian language | 95 |
Phoenician and Punic in Sicily | 115 |
Oscan in Sicily | 132 |
Coins and language in ancient Sicily | 162 |
The Sicilian Doric koina | 223 |
Tradition and linguistic | 265 |
S icnli bilingnes? Latin in the inscriptions of early | 291 |
References | 370 |
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Términos y frases comunes
Agostiniani Alcman alphabet Amadasi Guzzo ancient Sicily archaeological archaic attested Attic bilingualism Camarina Campanian Carthage Catania Chapter cities coin legends colonies contacts culture dative defixiones difficult documents Doric koina east Sicily Elymian Elymian language Entella Epicharmus epigraphic epitaphs ethnic Etruscan evidence example Ferrua fifth century BC find first first century fourth century funerary Gela genitive Greek and Latin Halaesa Hellenistic identified IG XIV IGDS Imperial period indigenous infinitive influence inscriptions Ionic Iscrizioni island Italic Italic languages Italy koine features Korhonen 201 1b late Latin Lilybaeum linguistic literary Manganaro Messana Mimbrera Motya Mycenaean native non-Greek official onomastics Opici origin Oscan Palermo personal names Phoenician plural Poccetti Prag Punic reflect Rome Sabellian SEG LVII Segesta Selinous Sicanian Sicel Sicilian Doric Sicily significant Soluntum speakers specific Strong Doric suffix Syracusan Syracuse texts Theocr Theocritus Thucydides tion Varvaro verb vowel Willi written Zancle