The present research focuses on a set of Latin curse tablets from Africa and aims at examining phenomena of Latin-Greek graphic interference in light of the wider sociolinguistic question concerning the motivations behind the borrowing of a writing. It will be proposed that, in order to explain Latin-Greek graphic interference in a multilingual setting such as Africa, not only the possible bilingualism of the sorcerer, but also the peculiarities of the magical practice must be taken into account.
Phenomena of graphic interference in Latin curse tablets from Africa
Mariarosaria Zinzi
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Abstract
The present research focuses on a set of Latin curse tablets from Africa and aims at examining phenomena of Latin-Greek graphic interference in light of the wider sociolinguistic question concerning the motivations behind the borrowing of a writing. It will be proposed that, in order to explain Latin-Greek graphic interference in a multilingual setting such as Africa, not only the possible bilingualism of the sorcerer, but also the peculiarities of the magical practice must be taken into account.File in questo prodotto:
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