A group for the philology (including epigraphy, papyrology, and text criticism) and linguistics of Ancient Greek, Latin, and related languages.
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Johann-Mattis List deposited Computer-Assisted Approaches to Rule-Based Phonological Reconstruction in the group
Classical Philology and Linguistics on Humanities Commons 1 week ago
The formalization of sound changes as finite state transducers is implicit already in the Neogrammarians. For at least six decades scholars have recognized the potential of transducers for improving the speed and rigor of research in historical linguists, but almost no historical linguists actually use them. This article identifies the obstacles…[Read more]
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Johann-Mattis List deposited Computational Historical Linguistics in the group
Classical Philology and Linguistics on Humanities Commons 3 weeks, 2 days ago
In the course, I give a basic introduction into some of the recent developments in the field of computational historical linguistics. While this field is predominantly represented by phylogenetic approaches with whom scholars try to infer phylogenetic trees from different kinds of language data, the approach taken here is much broader,…[Read more]
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Annika Tjuka deposited Computer-Assisted Language Comparison in Practice. Volume 5 in the group
Classical Philology and Linguistics on Humanities Commons 3 weeks, 3 days ago
The weblog Computer-Assisted Language Comparison in Practice, published on the Hypotheses platform for scientific blogging (https://calc.hypotheses.org/), offers tutorials and discussion notes on computer-assisted approaches to the history and diversity of languages. A substantial part of its content is contributed as part of the ERC Starting…[Read more]
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Johann-Mattis List deposited Formal and quantitative approaches to historical language comparison in the group
Classical Philology and Linguistics on Humanities Commons 3 months ago
Lecture, given at the Fifth Pavia International Summer School for Indo-European Linguistics (Università di Pavia, 2022-09-05/09)
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Dr Mark Perkins deposited Linguistics and Classical Theories of Rhetoric: Connections and Continuity in the group
Classical Philology and Linguistics on Humanities Commons 5 months, 1 week ago
The Connections between ancient approaches to rhetoric, as found in Plato and Aristotle, the prime ancient theorists of rhetoric, and modern linguistic approaches to register and genre theory, as in Hallidayan linguistics, show continuity of thought across the centuries. They also suggest that there may be such things as universal rhetorical…[Read more]
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Stephen Beall deposited Christi Praecones: Advice for Latin Teachers from the First Jesuit Schools in the group
Classical Philology and Linguistics on Humanities Commons 7 months, 2 weeks ago
A summary and contemporary application of the pedagogical handbook of Joseph Jouvancy, S.J. (1643-1719)
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Johann-Mattis List deposited Of Word Families and Language Trees: New and Old Metaphors in Studies on Language History in the group
Classical Philology and Linguistics on Humanities Commons 7 months, 3 weeks ago
For a long time, metaphors have played an important role in depicting language history. In this study, we contrast early metaphors on language history, such as the family tree or the wave model, with recent metaphors that were popularized after the quantitative turn, such as forests of trees or phylogenetic networks. Speculating about metaphors…[Read more]
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Anna P. Judson deposited Learning to spell in Linear B: orthography and scribal training in Mycenaean Pylos in the group
Classical Philology and Linguistics on Humanities Commons 9 months ago
This article analyses orthographic variation in the Linear B tablets from the Mycenaean palace of Pylos. Despite the general consistency in spelling found in Linear B texts from all sites, variation was in certain cases both permissible and entirely normal, even within the work of a single writer. Examining the patterns of orthographic variation…[Read more]
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David Olmsted deposited Inscription on Nestors’ Cup (730 BCE) is not Greek but is Alphabetic Akkadian in the group
Classical Philology and Linguistics on Humanities Commons 9 months, 2 weeks ago
The text on Nestor’s Cup (750-700 BCE) is not Greek as many claim but is actually Alphabetic Akkadian. Its three-line text is a debate about the cause of a drought. The first line blames the life network goddess Ayu and her eagle vultures while the second line blames emotion magic with its owls (like the Athenian owl). Alphabetic Akkadian was t…[Read more]
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Johann-Mattis List deposited Computational Approaches to Historical Language Comparison in the group
Classical Philology and Linguistics on Humanities Commons 9 months, 3 weeks ago
The chapter discusses recently developed computational techniques providing concrete help in addressing various tasks in historical language comparison, focusing specifically on those tasks which are typically subsumed under the framework of the comparative method. These include the proof of relationship, cognate and correspondence detection,…[Read more]
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David Olmsted deposited Heraklez (Hercules) Originated in Etruria as Revealed by Pottery Images having Bidirectional Alphabetic Akkadian Pottery Texts (550 BCE) in the group
Classical Philology and Linguistics on Humanities Commons 10 months, 4 weeks ago
Heroes and Demons entered the northern Mediterranean culture between 600 and 500 BCE when the culture was transforming from the magical Ancient Pagan Paradigm to a lordified Paradigm which forced deity personification making them lords in a royal pantheon instead of powers. This caused an explosion in the number of deities and other divine realm…[Read more]
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David Olmsted deposited Introducing Demons – Reinterpretation of Images on Etruscan Tombs and Pottery Forced by Their Alphabetic Akkadian Translations (500-400 BCE) in the group
Classical Philology and Linguistics on Humanities Commons 11 months, 2 weeks ago
The past inability to translate Etruscan texts has meant that the interpretation of Etrucan art has been mostly speculation. This interpretation has been made even more difficult because this was the time when new demon imagery (Cyclops, Skadi) not seen in the past was being introduced as Etruscan religious culture was changing from the magical…[Read more]
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Elodie Paillard deposited Looking for Sociolects in Classical Greek Tragedy: A Digital Tool for Measuring Linguistic/Discursive Complexity in the group
Classical Philology and Linguistics on Humanities Commons 11 months, 2 weeks ago
This paper re-examines the question of the presence of distinct sociolects in Classical Athenian tragedy (Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides). While the general idea is that all characters in tragedy spoke a similar language, without much distinction between sociolects that could have marked their socio-political status, some recent research has…[Read more]
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Dr Mark Perkins deposited Tam o’ Shanter: A New Translation (Slide Set) in the group
Classical Philology and Linguistics on Humanities Commons 1 year ago
This slide set includes a translation into English of Tam o’ Shanter by Robert Burns. The aim of the translation is to preserve the original poetic effect of the poem written in Scots. The slide set is intended for academic and educational purposes, as well as personal enjoyment.
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Dr Mark Perkins deposited Tam o’ Shanter: A Nordic Tinge in the group
Classical Philology and Linguistics on Humanities Commons 1 year ago
Tam o’ Shanter, a great narrative poem written by Roberts Burns, is written in Scots and as such is difficult to access by standard English speakers and non-natives alike. This monograph offers an account of the language of Tam as characterised by a significant number of distinctive lexical and phonological items related to Old Norse. It is c…[Read more]
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Dr Mark Perkins deposited Tam o’ Shanter: A New Translation in the group
Classical Philology and Linguistics on Humanities Commons 1 year ago
Tam o’ Shanter, a great narrative poem written by Roberts Burns, is written in Scots and as such is difficult to access by standard English speakers and non-natives alike. Old Norse influences form an essential part of the fabric of Tam, and the poem can only be fully understood when these are identified and described. This article presents a n…[Read more]
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Annika Tjuka deposited Computer-Assisted Language Comparison in Practice. Volume 4 in the group
Classical Philology and Linguistics on Humanities Commons 1 year, 1 month ago
The weblog Computer-Assisted Language Comparison in Practice, published on the Hypotheses platform for scientific blogging, offers tutorials and discussion notes on computer-assisted approaches to the history and diversity of languages. A substantial part of its content is contributed as part of the ERC Starting Grant “Computer-Assisted Language C…[Read more]
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David Olmsted deposited Mediterranean Akkadian Lexicon 3rd Edition – 2022 in the group
Classical Philology and Linguistics on Humanities Commons 1 year, 1 month ago
This third edition of Mediterranean Akkadian is bigger and better with more words and more refined word definitions based upon a larger number of translations. Linear (letter-like) Akkadian writing first appeared in the Mediterranean at the start of the Bronze Age on Minoan Crete around 1800 BCE. This first writing was used by temple/palace…[Read more]
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Elodie Paillard deposited Greek to Latin and Back: Did Roman Theatre Change Greek Theatre? in the group
Classical Philology and Linguistics on Humanities Commons 1 year, 2 months ago
Chapter on the interactions between Roman theatrical tradition and late dramatic production in Greek language.
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Elodie Paillard deposited “Theatre”, “Paratheatre”, “Metatheatre”: What are we talking about? in the group
Classical Philology and Linguistics on Humanities Commons 1 year, 2 months ago
Introductory chapter to the collective volume ‘Theatre and Metatheare: Definitions, Problems, Limits’
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