Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of figures
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The parameters of this study
- 3 Lexicon
- 4 How were Latin words integrated into Greek? Spelling and inflection
- 5 How were Latin loanwords accented in Greek?
- 6 Which Latin suffixes were borrowed into Greek?
- 7 Why were some Latin words not integrated?
- 8 When were loanwords used?
- 9 Where were loanwords used?
- 10 Which words were borrowed?
- 11 Overall conclusions and remaining questions
- 12 Appendices
- Abbreviations
- References
- Index locorum
- Index of Latin words
2 - The parameters of this study
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 May 2023
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of figures
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The parameters of this study
- 3 Lexicon
- 4 How were Latin words integrated into Greek? Spelling and inflection
- 5 How were Latin loanwords accented in Greek?
- 6 Which Latin suffixes were borrowed into Greek?
- 7 Why were some Latin words not integrated?
- 8 When were loanwords used?
- 9 Where were loanwords used?
- 10 Which words were borrowed?
- 11 Overall conclusions and remaining questions
- 12 Appendices
- Abbreviations
- References
- Index locorum
- Index of Latin words
Summary
The scope of the investigation is clarified: ‘ancient Greek’ refers to extant texts in the Greek language written before AD 600, ‘Latin’ excludes other languages of ancient Italy, and ‘loanword’ includes derivatives of borrowings but excludes codeswitches and semantic extensions. The criteria for distinguishing loanwords from codeswitches are investigated, with a focus on frequency, integration, and not being marked by Greek speakers as foreign.
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- Latin Loanwords in Ancient GreekA Lexicon and Analysis, pp. 5 - 19Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023