Words from the sand: A lexical analysis of early Greek papyri from Egypt. The project's central outcomes will be a more systematic knowledge of the development of one of the world's three oldest continually-recorded languages, and insight into the dynamics of lexical usage in different speech communities within a multicultural context. These outcomes will maintain Australia's prominent international role in investigating the history of the Greek language over three millennia, and offer social be ....Words from the sand: A lexical analysis of early Greek papyri from Egypt. The project's central outcomes will be a more systematic knowledge of the development of one of the world's three oldest continually-recorded languages, and insight into the dynamics of lexical usage in different speech communities within a multicultural context. These outcomes will maintain Australia's prominent international role in investigating the history of the Greek language over three millennia, and offer social benefits through study of the interaction of language and social dynamics in Diaspora speech communities and multilingual societies, addressing the National Research Priority Goal of 'Understanding our region and the world' by enhancing Australia's capacity to interpret and engage with its global environment.Read moreRead less
Linguistic Structures and Identity in a Multicultural Society: Idiolect and Social Dialect in the Zenon Archive. This project offers a unique insight into the linguistic facet of multiculturalism in Hellenistic Egypt. It will be the first study to combine newly developed electronic tools with existing resources in order to interpret linguistic structures and identity. The distinctive language of individuals within the speech community (idiolects) and the distinctive language of social groups wit ....Linguistic Structures and Identity in a Multicultural Society: Idiolect and Social Dialect in the Zenon Archive. This project offers a unique insight into the linguistic facet of multiculturalism in Hellenistic Egypt. It will be the first study to combine newly developed electronic tools with existing resources in order to interpret linguistic structures and identity. The distinctive language of individuals within the speech community (idiolects) and the distinctive language of social groups within that speech community (social dialects) will be analysed. The anticipated outcome will be a powerful and transferable model for interpreting individual and group identity in Greek and other languages.Read moreRead less