Professor ALEX MULLEN Alex.Mullen@nottingham.ac.uk
PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT HISTORY AND SOCIOLINGUISTICS
‘In both our languages’: Greek-Latin code-switching in Roman literature
Mullen, Alex
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Abstract
After a short introduction to code-switching and Classics, this article offers an overview of the phenomenon of code-switching in Roman literature with some comments on possible generic restrictions, followed by a survey of Roman attitudes to the practice. The analysis then focuses on Roman letter writing and investigates code-switching in the second-century correspondence of Fronto (mainly letters between Marcus Aurelius, who became Emperor in AD 161, and his tutor Fronto). This discussion uses part of a new detailed database of Greek code-switches in Roman epistolography and is largely sociolinguistic in approach. It makes comparisons with other ancient and modern corpora where possible and highlights the value of code-switching research in responding to a range of (socio)linguistic, literary and historical questions.
Citation
Mullen, A. (2015). ‘In both our languages’: Greek-Latin code-switching in Roman literature. Language and Literature, 24(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/0963947015585244
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | May 12, 2015 |
Online Publication Date | Aug 13, 2015 |
Publication Date | Aug 1, 2015 |
Deposit Date | Aug 4, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Aug 4, 2017 |
Journal | Language and Literature |
Print ISSN | 0963-9470 |
Electronic ISSN | 1461-7293 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 24 |
Issue | 3 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1177/0963947015585244 |
Keywords | Greek; Latin; Code-switching; Roman literature; Letters; Fronto; Cicero; Pliny |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/755688 |
Publisher URL | http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0963947015585244 |
Additional Information | Copyright © 2015 by SAGE Publications |
Contract Date | Aug 4, 2017 |
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