Open AccessAtticist Lexicography in the Palaeologan Age and Historical Sociolinguistics: Some Brief Remarks
Author(s) -
Stefano Valente
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
a.i.o.n. annali dell'istituto universitario orientale di napoli. dipartimento di studi del mondo classico e del mediterraneo antico. sezione filologico-letteraria/a.i.o.n. annali dell'istituto universitario orientale di napoli. sezione filologico-letteraria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1724-6172
pISSN - 1128-7209
DOI - 10.1163/17246172-40010015
Subject(s) - lexicography , byzantine architecture , sociolinguistics , character (mathematics) , perspective (graphical) , linguistics , history , period (music) , classics , philosophy , computer science , mathematics , artificial intelligence , aesthetics , geometry
This paper sketches how the investigation both of Atticist lexica produced or copied during the Palaeologan age and of Atticist entries in more general lexicographic works of that period can contribute to historical sociolinguistic studies. When examining Byzantine lexicography from this perspective, the highly conservative character of the content should always be kept in mind. Despite the re-use of linguistic categories elaborated and employed in earlier scholarly traditions, Byzantine Atticist lexica still offer evidence to help us understand how some of these categories such as ‘Attic’ vs ‘non-Attic’ were applied during the Palaeologan age.