Atticism in Plutarch: a µ¿µ¿s¿¿ t¿¿ ¿¿¿a¿¿¿ or diglossia?

Vela Tejada, José (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: This paper deals with Plutarch’s work in order to establish, by means of its linguistic traits, the degree of dominance of the two linguistic-literary trends prevailing at this time: on the one hand, the Common Language, or Koine, which became the standard variety of the Greek language after an evolution starting from the Ionic-Attic High Variety; on the other, the Atticism, a reaction to this vulgarization or colloquialization that seeks the creation of a high variety for Literature, inspired by the nostalgic memory of a lost Golden Age. In short, we shall attempt to unravel whether Plutarch issues a nostalgic Atticist attempt to return to an idealized past or also evidences a relationship of diglossia rooted in the Attic dialect from the rise of Koine.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1484/J.EUPHR.5.125302

Año: 2019

Publicado en: Euphrosyne 47 (2019), 295-308
ISSN: 0870-0133

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.101 - Classics (Q3) - Linguistics and Language (Q4) - Language and Linguistics (Q4)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/HAR2016-76098-C2-2-P

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Filología Griega (Dpto. Ciencias de la Antigüed.)