Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-334) and indexes.
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List of Plates; List of Tables; Abbreviations; Notes on Contributors; 1. Introduction; PART I. LINGUISTIC CHANGE AND DIVERSITY; PART II. LANGUAGE CONTACT; PART III. GENERAL; Bibliography; Index Locorum; Index Nominum et Rerum; Index Verborum.
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The modern rediscovery of the Greek and Latin papyri from Egypt has transformed our knowledge of the ancient world. We cannot, however, make the same claim in the specific area of language study. Although important studies of the language of the papyri have appeared sporadically over the past century, we are still dealing today with a linguistic resource of extraordinary richness which has hardly begun to be explored. Every scrap of papyrus and every ostracon (potsherd) or tabletunearthed has the potential to change some aspect of the way we think about the Greek and Latin languages.