Everyday Writing in Graeco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt (I - VIII AD). A Socio-Semiotic Study of Communicative Variation

Project Information

EVWRIT

Grant agreement ID: 756487

DOI

10.3030/756487

Project closed

EC signature date 7 September 2017

Start date 1 June 2018

End date 31 May 2024

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 476 250,00

EU contribution

€ 1 476 250,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITEIT GENT
Belgium

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Publications

Non-peer reviewed articles (2)

Atticist lexica and Modern Greek dictionaries : a brief comparison of (negative) lexicographical labelling

Author(s): Emmanuel Roumanis
Published in: Tetradio, Issue 29, 2020, Page(s) 101-120, ISSN 0779-1933
Publisher: Universiteit Gent - Griekenlandcentrum

Grieks in Egypte : niet-literaire teksten als bron voor historisch-sociolinguïstisch onderzoek

Author(s): Klaas Bentein
Published in: Tetradio, Issue 29, 2020, ISSN 0779-1933
Publisher: Universiteit Gent - Griekenlandcentrum

Peer reviewed articles (11)

A glimpse into the fourth generation of the Philosarapis archive : SB III 7244 revised and its unpublished recto

Author(s): Yasmine Amory
Published in: ARCHIV FUR PAPYRUSFORSCHUNG UND VERWANDTE GEBIETE, Issue 68, 2022, Page(s) 109-145, ISSN 0066-6459
Publisher: K.G. Saur Verlag
DOI: 10.1515/apf-2022-0007

The syntax of δέ in Post-classical Greek

Author(s): Klaas Bentein
Published in: Les Études Classiques, 2021, ISSN 0014-200X
Publisher: Societe des Etudes Classiques A S B L

Greek formulae in Coptic legal documents (7th-8th c.) : graphemic and linguistic adaptation vs. alternation

Author(s): Antonia Apostolakou
Published in: JOURNAL OF COPTIC STUDIES, Issue 27, 2025, ISSN 1016-5584
Publisher: Peeters Publishers

Deictic Shifting in Greek Contractual Writing (I–IV AD)

Author(s): Klaas Bentein
Published in: Philologus, Issue 164/1, 2020, Page(s) 83-106, ISSN 0031-7985
Publisher: Akademie Verlag
DOI: 10.1515/phil-2020-0100

Greek-Coptic script-mixing in Egyptian personal names and toponyms of Greek documents

Author(s): Antonia Apostolakou
Published in: SYMBOLAE OSLOENSES, Issue 97, 2023, ISSN 1502-7805
Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Expressing lineage in Roman and Late Antique petitions and contracts : a variationist perspective

Author(s): Klaas Bentein
Published in: The Journal of Juristic Papyrology, Issue 48, 2018, Page(s) 1-35, ISSN 0075-4277
Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski

Everyday writing in Graeco-Roman and late antique Egypt : outline of a new research programme

Author(s): Klaas Bentein, Yasmine Amory
Published in: COMPARATIVE ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPT STUDIES BULLETIN, Issue 5(1), 2019, Page(s) p.17-27, ISSN 2410-0951
Publisher: Uni Hamburg
DOI: 10.25592/uhhfdm.183

On The Third Type of Headed Relative Clause in Post-Classical and Early Byzantine Greek

Author(s): Klaas Bentein, Metİn Bağrıaçık
Published in: Transactions of the Philological Society, Issue 116/3, 2018, Page(s) 529-554, ISSN 0079-1636
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/1467-968x.12137

Dimensions of social meaning in Post-classical Greek

Author(s): Klaas Bentein
Published in: Journal of Greek Linguistics, Issue 19/2, 2019, Page(s) 119-167, ISSN 1566-5844
Publisher: Brill
DOI: 10.1163/15699846-01902006

The Interrelationship Between Scriptal and Linguistic Variation in Notary Signatures of Greek Contracts from Late Antique Egypt. 

Author(s): Antonia Apostolakou
Published in: The Journal of Juristic Papyrology, Issue 50, 2021, ISSN 0075-4277
Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski

The power of judgement : a comparison of evaluative stance in the Atticist Lexica of Phrynichus and Moeris

Author(s): Emmanuel Roumanis; Klaas Bentein
Published in: REVUE BELGE DE PHILOLOGIE ET D HISTOIRE, 2024, ISSN 0035-0818
Publisher: Fondation universitaire

Book chapters (11)

Ὀκτώ or ὀκτώι: Reconsidering Orthographic Hypercorrection in Antiquity

Author(s): Geert de Mol
Published in: Novel Perspectives on Communication Practices in Antiquity, 2022, Page(s) 171-183, ISBN 9789004526518
Publisher: Brill
DOI: 10.1163/9789004526525_013

The textualization of women’s letters from Roman Egypt : analyzing historical framing practices from a multi-modal point of view

Author(s): Klaas Bentein
Published in: Novel perspectives on communication practices in Antiquity : towards a historical social-semiotic approach, 2022, Page(s) 89-112, ISBN 9789004526518
Publisher: Brill
DOI: 10.1163/9789004526525_009

The distinctiveness of syntax for varieties of Post-classical and Byzantine Greek : linguistic upgrading from the third century BCE to the tenth century CE

Author(s): Klaas Bentein
Published in: Varieties of Post-classical and Byzantine Greek, 2020, Page(s) 381-414, ISBN 9783110608557
Publisher: De Gruyter
DOI: 10.1515/9783110614404-016

Socio-semiotic, multimodal annotation of documentary sources. Digital infrastructure in the Everyday Writing project

Author(s): Klaas Bentein
Published in: Digital papyrology III, 2024, ISBN 9783111070131
Publisher: de Gruyter

Enhancing Data Collection on the Materiality of Papyri: The Measurement Tool

Author(s): Serena Causo
Published in: Digital Papyrology III, 2024
Publisher: De Gruyter

Introduction : developing a historical social-semiotic approach to communication practices in Antiquity

Author(s): Klaas Bentein; Yasmine Amory
Published in: Novel perspectives on communication practices in Antiquity : towards a historical social-semiotic approach, 2022, Page(s) 1-14, ISBN 9789004526518
Publisher: Brill
DOI: 10.1163/9789004526525_002

Visual signs of deference in Late Antique Greek letters on papyrus

Author(s): Yasmine Amory
Published in: Novel perspectives on communication practices in Antiquity : towards a historical social-semiotic approach, 2022, Page(s) 54-64, ISBN 9789004526518
Publisher: Brill
DOI: 10.1163/9789004526525_006

Going nominal: The Ancient Greek articular infinitive between syntax and context

Author(s): Klaas Bentein
Published in: Subordination and Insubordination in Post-Classical Greek. From Syntax to Context, 2025, ISBN 9783111179124
Publisher: de Gruyter

P.Herm. 6 (IV n. Chr.): Brief van Besodorus aan Theophanes

Author(s): Klaas Bentein
Published in: Parels in schrift: Huldeboek voor Marc De Groote., 2019
Publisher: Skribis

Koines, standards, and what’s behind them : capturing linguistic norms in Greek official writing

Author(s): Klaas Bentein
Published in: Redefining the Standards in Attic, Koine, and Atticism, 2024, ISBN 978-90-04-68731-8
Publisher: Brill

Why say goodbye twice? Repetition and involvement in the Greek epistolary frame (I-IV AD)

Author(s): Klaas Bentein
Published in: La correspondance privée dans la Méditerranée antique, 2023, Page(s) 173-205
Publisher: Éditions Ausonius

Conference proceedings (3)

Topic Modeling Greek Documentary Papyri. A Novel Contribution to the Field of Digital Papyrology

Author(s): Klaas Bentein; Thomas Koentges
Published in: Proceedings of the XXXth International Congress of Papyrology, 2024
Publisher: Association des Amis du Centre d’Histoire et Civilisation de Byzance

γινώσκειν σε οὖν θέλω : causal particles and their semantic development in Post-classical Greek

Author(s): Klaas Bentein
Published in: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Greek Linguistics, 2021, Page(s) 180-189
Publisher: University of Patras

ΜΕΝ solitarium in non-literary papyri : a reconsideration

Author(s): Klaas Bentein
Published in: Proceedings of the 29th International Congress of Papyrology, 2022, Page(s) 154-166, ISBN 9788883051777
Publisher: Centro di Studi Papirologici dell’Università del Salento
DOI: 10.1285/i99788883051760p154

Monographic books (1)

Novel perspectives on communication practices in Antiquity : towards a historical social-semiotic approach

Author(s): Klaas Bentein ; Yasmine Amory
Published in: Papyrologica Lugduno-Batava, Issue 41, 2022, ISBN 9789004526518
Publisher: Brill
DOI: 10.1163/9789004526525