So linguistic time machines do exist!
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So linguistic time machines do exist!
A couple of weeks ago I complained about the lack of a native speaker community of Ancient Greek speakers to practice with. But maybe time machines do exist after all:
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style ... 74669.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style ... 74669.html
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Ah yes Sitaridou's work, fascinating. Here is a famous YouTube clip. Predictable press sensationalism aside, its interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcAYP4irSyQ
As usual on these things, the comments on the article are hiiilllaaarious.
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Hold on a minute! One of the great things about studying a dead language that it can be done just as well on the couch as anywhere else. And anyway, can you imagine the road up to that place?! Just to hear the infinitive?! They probably don't even have the internet. How are you going to access textkit?!
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You're right about that. And they don't let up. "As an ardent admirer of your newspaper..." Lolol. There will always be an England! Here's my favorite thus far: "Something similar is noted in the area of Magna Grecia in Southern Italy. But Mrs Setaridou will discover them in a future article." Lol.Scribo wrote:
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I'm shocked. If there was a real time machine with a chance to see the first showing of one Euripides plays would your reaction be to ask about the internet access?pster wrote:Hold on a minute! One of the great things about studying a dead language that it can be done just as well on the couch as anywhere else. And anyway, can you imagine the road up to that place?! Just to hear the infinitive?! They probably don't even have the internet. How are you going to access textkit?!
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No, as long as I can be back here in two hours. I have a strict two hour limit for any activity outside the house. And a one activity per day rule also. How long is the play?daivid wrote: I'm shocked. If there was a real time machine with a chance to see the first showing of one Euripides plays would your reaction be to ask about the internet access?
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2 Hours should sort of suffice, but then plays were in trilogies. Perhaps you could make a special exception? If only for the chance of booing Euripides. Be all like "Yo Euripides, that play is whack, bring Aeschylus back".pster wrote:No, as long as I can be back here in two hours. I have a strict two hour limit for any activity outside the house. And a one activity per day rule also. How long is the play?daivid wrote: I'm shocked. If there was a real time machine with a chance to see the first showing of one Euripides plays would your reaction be to ask about the internet access?
Plus then we could blog about it.
Oh aye, Philologists, Linguists, Classicists...whatever we call ourselves, evidentially we know nothing compared to random internet guys #99. Honestly though its a particular problem with Greek, I recall once being asked by a gentleman in Greece if I could cite some useful works on ancient Greek phonology...since he was 100% sure they were wrong. No idea what they were or said etc...just that they were 100% wrong. Naturally.pster wrote:You're right about that. And they don't let up. "As an ardent admirer of your newspaper..." Lolol. There will always be an England! Here's my favorite thus far: "Something similar is noted in the area of Magna Grecia in Southern Italy. But Mrs Setaridou will discover them in a future article." Lol.Scribo wrote:
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The most I could do would be the last tragedy and the satyr play. I would naturally expect some refreshments. I like to sit in the front row so I can hear every word. And I would very much prefer Sophocles.
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However close the syntax maybe the pronunciation is very different (unless all those of you who have generously uploaded reconstructed pronunciation videos are way out). And she doesn't say how many infinitives it has - in fact she seems to implie that it has only one. So I haven't bought my train ticket just yet.Scribo wrote:Ah yes Sitaridou's work, fascinating. Here is a famous YouTube clip. Predictable press sensationalism aside, its interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcAYP4irSyQ
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(I also notice she is careful not to mention the name of the village so clearly Attic speaking tourists contaminating the dialect is the last thing she wants).
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I think the only difference between this and SMGreek is that it has a surviving infinitive form, I'd wager that some prepositions take cases other than the accusative but that's about it. Obviously its not actually ancient in terms of phonology, morphology, syntaxis, semantics and so on. But people will bite at anything and hopefully this sort of stuff brings her more funding. I mean...seriously Archaeologists always make the most ridiculous claims to chase funding and attention so she might as well.
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But the most ridiculous claims must still be in space research. When you read the papers, you're really supposed to think that the big issue is whether there's life on Mars, or Titan, or wherever. Now that's ridiculous!Scribo wrote:I think the only difference between this and SMGreek is that it has a surviving infinitive form, I'd wager that some prepositions take cases other than the accusative but that's about it. Obviously its not actually ancient in terms of phonology, morphology, syntaxis, semantics and so on. But people will bite at anything and hopefully this sort of stuff brings her more funding. I mean...seriously Archaeologists always make the most ridiculous claims to chase funding and attention so she might as well.
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As to reply to you here would be to take the thread off topic - I have moved it to the open board.Paul Derouda wrote: But the most ridiculous claims must still be in space research. When you read the papers, you're really supposed to think that the big issue is whether there's life on Mars, or Titan, or wherever. Now that's ridiculous!
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