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Authors:

Cotticelli-Kurras, Paola

Title:

The creation of linguistic metalanguage in Antiquity and Middle Ages as result of translational processes

Year:

2024

Type of item:

Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio)

Tipologia ANVUR:

Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio)

Language:

Inglese

Format:

A Stampa

Book Title:

Ancient Greek and Latin in the linguistic context of the Ancient Mediterranean

Publisher:

Narr Attempto

ISBN:

9783823385851

Page numbers:

315-342

Keyword:

multilingualism in Late Antiquity, Greek-Latin cultural contact, creation of Latin linguistic metalanguage, grammatical tradition in Late Antiquity and Middle Ages, Latin grammaticography, origin of syntactic metalanguage

Short description of contents:

The dimension of multilingualism and multiculturalism was a characteristic in the Greco-Roman Antiquity which let many traces in different cultural domains and their specific language. Latin and Greek played the main role in this history even after Theodosius’ division of the Roman Empire in the Latin-speaking Western part and the Greek-speaking Eastern part. The interplay between these two languages was only a part of the complex picture of relations in the different parts or provinces of the Empire where other languages were spoken or could arise. The Greco-Roman cultural exchange brought to the development of translation techniques; the dimension of translation was itself a peculiarity of a cultural heritage that continued through time. The direction of the language influence in particular is visible especially in the creation of metalanguages and specialized languages. One thinks of the direct role of Greek in Egypt, of Latin on Gaul, of Greek in Syriac dialects, but also on the direct and indirect influence of both Latin and Greek on the Germanic and Romance languages through the grammatical tradition. This paper aims at providing some insights into the metalinguistic croft of grammars and grammarians as special case of language contact in the Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages.

Note:

The paper evolved from a project of national relevance newly funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research with the title ‘Parts of speech meet rhetorics: searching for syntax in the continuity between the Middle Ages and the Modern Age’ (Prot. 20172F2FEZ).

Web page:

www.narr.de

Product ID:

142468

Handle IRIS:

11562/1144861

Last Modified:

November 10, 2024

Bibliographic citation:

Cotticelli-Kurras, Paola, The creation of linguistic metalanguage in Antiquity and Middle Ages as result of translational processes Ancient Greek and Latin in the linguistic context of the Ancient Mediterranean , Narr Attempto , 2024 , pp. 315-342

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