Scribal and phraseological variation in legal formulas : the adjectival participle of ὑπάρχω + dative or genitive pronoun
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- Joanne Vera Stolk (UGent)
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- Abstract
- The verb ὑπάρχω ‘to belong to’ is frequently used in Greek papyri to denote possession in legal documents. The possessor in such constructions can be indicated by a personal pronoun in the dative or genitive. In this article, I show that the diachronic scribal and phraseological variation that is found in legal formulas with this verb points not only to an increase in the use of the genitive pronoun by individual scribes in certain constructions, but also to a general change from a dative to a genitive case in liability clauses in the Byzantine period. These changes may be connected to the process of dative case syncretism in post-Classical Greek.
- Keywords
- Greek linguistics, case syncretism, Greek papyrology, formulaic expressions, legal language, phraseological variation, genitive, dative, language change
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8117501
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- Stolk, Joanne Vera. “Scribal and Phraseological Variation in Legal Formulas : The Adjectival Participle of Ὑπάρχω + Dative or Genitive Pronoun.” JOURNAL OF JURISTIC PAPYROLOGY, vol. 45, Taubenschlag, 2015, pp. 255–90.
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- Stolk, J. V. (2015). Scribal and phraseological variation in legal formulas : the adjectival participle of ὑπάρχω + dative or genitive pronoun. JOURNAL OF JURISTIC PAPYROLOGY, 45, 255–290.
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- Stolk, Joanne Vera. 2015. “Scribal and Phraseological Variation in Legal Formulas : The Adjectival Participle of Ὑπάρχω + Dative or Genitive Pronoun.” JOURNAL OF JURISTIC PAPYROLOGY 45: 255–90.
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- Stolk, Joanne Vera. 2015. “Scribal and Phraseological Variation in Legal Formulas : The Adjectival Participle of Ὑπάρχω + Dative or Genitive Pronoun.” JOURNAL OF JURISTIC PAPYROLOGY 45: 255–290.
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- 1.Stolk JV. Scribal and phraseological variation in legal formulas : the adjectival participle of ὑπάρχω + dative or genitive pronoun. JOURNAL OF JURISTIC PAPYROLOGY. 2015;45:255–90.
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- [1]J. V. Stolk, “Scribal and phraseological variation in legal formulas : the adjectival participle of ὑπάρχω + dative or genitive pronoun,” JOURNAL OF JURISTIC PAPYROLOGY, vol. 45, pp. 255–290, 2015.
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author = {{Stolk, Joanne Vera}},
issn = {{0075-4277}},
journal = {{JOURNAL OF JURISTIC PAPYROLOGY}},
keywords = {{Greek linguistics,case syncretism,Greek papyrology,formulaic expressions,legal language,phraseological variation,genitive,dative,language change}},
language = {{eng}},
pages = {{255--290}},
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title = {{Scribal and phraseological variation in legal formulas : the adjectival participle of ὑπάρχω + dative or genitive pronoun}},
volume = {{45}},
year = {{2015}},
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