From Koine to Byzantine: a diachronic study of lexical variation in Greek

我的博士项目将研究希腊词汇的演变，从罗马到古代晚期。我计划对公元第一个千年的希腊来源的词汇变化进行历时研究，特别参考来自埃及的文献纸莎草。我将研究在选择的语义领域中使用的不同单词的构词法、衍生词和变化等特征，并将调查这些变化的模式是否表明了社会或政治变化、语言接触或语言改革。对大规模词汇变化的全面总结不仅对古典语言学家，而且对研究罗马和拜占庭时期的历史学家和纸莎草学家都是一个有用的工具，因为它将提供有关某些词汇使用的时间、地点、原因和作者的信息。

My doctoral project will examine aspects of the evolution of the Greek lexicon, from the Roman to late Antique period. I plan to conduct a diachronic study of lexical variation in the Greek sources of the first millennium AD, with particular reference to the documentary papyri from Egypt. I will examine features such as word formation, derivations, and variation in the different words used in select semantic fields, and will investigate whether the patterns of variation are indicative of social or political changes, language contact or linguistic reforms. A comprehensive summary of large scale lexical changes will be a useful tool not only for classical linguists but also for historians and papyrologists working on the Roman and Byzantine Period, as it will provide information on when, where, why and by whom certain words were used.