[en] In this chapter, I explore different aspects of the variability ‘inherent to human languages’ as it manifests itself in the corpus of pre-Demotic texts from Ancient Egypt. More specifically, I adopt a sociolinguistic perspective and describe the types of impact that extra-linguistic factors have had on the written performance in this specific socio-cultural setting.
Research Center/Unit :
Mondes anciens - ULiège
Disciplines :
Classical & oriental studies Languages & linguistics
Author, co-author :
Polis, Stéphane ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de l'antiquité > Egyptologie
Language :
English
Title :
Linguistic variation in Ancient Egyptian. An introduction to the state of the art (with special attention to the community of Deir el-Medina)
Publication date :
2017
Main work title :
Scribal Repertoires in Egypt from the New Kingdom to the Early Islamic Period
