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Atticist lexica and Modern Greek dictionaries : a brief comparison of (negative) lexicographical labelling

Emmanuel Roumanis
(2020) TETRADIO - UNIVERSITEIT GENT. GRIEKENLANDCENTRUM. 29. p.101-120
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Abstract
The normative tradition in Greek lexicography is remarkably long-lived. As early as the Second Sophistic (I–III CE), Atticist grammarians and lexicographers sought to recapture the quality of classical Attic Greek by composing usage manuals that prescribed correct usages and proscribed incorrect ones (i.e. Koiné and vernacularisms). This prescriptive tradition ushered in the long-lived diglossic situation that subsequently contributed to the enregisterment of (high) puristic variants, which survived in various forms until the twentieth century. Following the official end in 1976 of the last of these, katharevousa, Greek lexicography has continued to struggle with the residual influence of prescriptive thinking, which is but one symptom of Modern Greek’s continuing struggle to completely free itself of its classical shackles. However, despite the fact that negative usage labelling, such as esfalménos (incorrect), and even references to Atticists like Phrynichus, can be found in some of today’s widely-used dictionaries of Modern Greek, there is evidence that the art of lexicography has taken a decisively descriptive turn in the last few decades.
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Ancient Greek, Modern Greek, Atticism, Lexicography, Dictionary, Prescriptivism, Labelling

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Roumanis, Emmanuel. “Atticist Lexica and Modern Greek Dictionaries : A Brief Comparison of (Negative) Lexicographical Labelling.” TETRADIO - UNIVERSITEIT GENT. GRIEKENLANDCENTRUM, edited by Ezra la Roi, vol. 29, 2020, pp. 101–20.
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Roumanis, E. (2020). Atticist lexica and Modern Greek dictionaries : a brief comparison of (negative) lexicographical labelling. TETRADIO - UNIVERSITEIT GENT. GRIEKENLANDCENTRUM, 29, 101–120.
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Roumanis, Emmanuel. 2020. “Atticist Lexica and Modern Greek Dictionaries : A Brief Comparison of (Negative) Lexicographical Labelling.” Edited by Ezra la Roi. TETRADIO - UNIVERSITEIT GENT. GRIEKENLANDCENTRUM 29: 101–20.
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Roumanis, Emmanuel. 2020. “Atticist Lexica and Modern Greek Dictionaries : A Brief Comparison of (Negative) Lexicographical Labelling.” Ed by. Ezra la Roi. TETRADIO - UNIVERSITEIT GENT. GRIEKENLANDCENTRUM 29: 101–120.
Vancouver
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Roumanis E. Atticist lexica and Modern Greek dictionaries : a brief comparison of (negative) lexicographical labelling. la Roi E, editor. TETRADIO - UNIVERSITEIT GENT GRIEKENLANDCENTRUM. 2020;29:101–20.
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E. Roumanis, “Atticist lexica and Modern Greek dictionaries : a brief comparison of (negative) lexicographical labelling,” TETRADIO - UNIVERSITEIT GENT. GRIEKENLANDCENTRUM, vol. 29, pp. 101–120, 2020.
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  journal      = {{TETRADIO - UNIVERSITEIT GENT. GRIEKENLANDCENTRUM}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
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  title        = {{Atticist lexica and Modern Greek dictionaries : a brief comparison of (negative) lexicographical labelling}},
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