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Chapter 3 - Dialect

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2024

Chiara Bozzone
Affiliation:
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen
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This chaper looks at the peculiar mixture of linguistic forms that are archaic and dialectal in Homer and compares them to the hybrid dialects that are employed in English-language popular music today. Sections 1 and 2 provide a detailed account of the main linguistic features of Homer’s Kunstsprache and separates its archaic components from its dialectal components. Section 3 looks at perceptions of dialect (and dialect imitations) in Archaic Greece. Sections 4-5 illustrate how ancient and modern critics interpreted Homer’s dialect, and introduces phase theory, along with remaining open questions therein. Section 6 introduces several contemporary case studies of singers adopting a non-native, hybrid dialect of English when performing. These include Adele, Bob Dylan, the Beatles, Green Day, Alesha Dixon, the Arctic Monkeys, Iggy Azalea, and Keith Urban. Lessons won from these case studies are then applied to Homer.

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Homer's Living Language
Formularity, Dialect, and Creativity in Oral-Traditional Poetry
, pp. 130 - 193
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Dialect
  • Chiara Bozzone, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen
  • Book: Homer's Living Language
  • Online publication: 11 April 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009067157.004
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  • Dialect
  • Chiara Bozzone, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen
  • Book: Homer's Living Language
  • Online publication: 11 April 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009067157.004
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  • Dialect
  • Chiara Bozzone, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen
  • Book: Homer's Living Language
  • Online publication: 11 April 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009067157.004
Available formats
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