La langue des inscriptions grecques de Macedoine (4e s.a.c.-7e s.p.c.). Phonetique, phonologie et morphologie

Abstract

CETTE THESE EST PRINCIPALEMENT UNE GRAMMAIRE DESCRIPTIVE DE LA LANGUE DES INSCRIPTIONS GRECQUES DE MACEDOINE, UNE REGION AUJOURD'HUI PARTAGE ENTRE LA GRECE, LA YOUGOSLAVIE ET LA BULGARIE. ON EXAMINE L'EVOLUTION DU GREC DE CETTE REGION ENTRE LE 4E S.A.C. ET LE 7E S.P.C. EN ETUDIANT LA PHONETIQUE, LA PHONOLOGIE. LA GRAMMAIRE EST PRECEDEE D'UNE INTRODUCTION QUI A COMME OBJECTIF DE SITUER LES INSCRIPTIONS DANS LEUR CONTEXTE HISTORIQUE ET CULTUREL ET DONNER UN APPUI TECHNIQUE ET THEORIQUE A CERTAINS POINTS DANS LES PARTIES QUI SUIVENT. LA DERNIERE PARTIE DE L'ETUDE COMPORTE LE CATALOGUE DES INSCRIPTIONS UTILISEES, REGROUPEES PAR REGION AVEC DES REFERENCES AUX DECOUVERTES ARCHEOLOGIQUES DES SITES PLUS IMPORTANTS ET ACCOMPAGNEES DE RENVOIS INTERNES OU ON PEUT TROUVER UNE DISCUSSION SUR CHAQUE INSCRIPTION. UN INDEX DES FORMES GRECQUES NOTABLES CLORE L'ETUDE. THIS THESIS AIMS TO PRESENT A GRAMMAR OF THE GREEK INSCRIPTIONS OF A REGION, MACEDONIA, NOWADAYS DIVIDED BETWEEN GREECE, YUGOSLAVIA AND BULGARIA. THE MAIN PART OF THE STUDY EXAMINES THE PHONOLOGY AND SUPRASEGMENTAL PROBLEMS OF THE RECONSTRUCTED SPOKEN LANGUAGE TOGETHER WITH THE MORPHOLOGY, MORPHOSYNTACTIC PROBLEMS, COMPOSITION AND DERIVATION. GENERAL CONCLUSIONS ARE ADDED. THE GRAMMAR IS PRECEDED BY AN INTRODUCTION DEALING WITH:-GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS CONCERNING THE STUDY AND RECONSTRUCTION OF A LANGUAGE BASED ON WRITTEN SOURCES. THE ADOPTION BY MACEDONIANS OF THE ATTIC VERSION OF THE KOINE AS OFFICIAL WRITTEN LANGUAGE THAT GRADUALLY TOOK THE PLACE OF THE LOCAL GREEK DIALECT EVEN IN EVERYDAY USAGE. - THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE MACEDONIAN INSCRIPTIONS. -THE ANCIENT SOURCES ABOUT THE LANGUAGE OF THE MACEDONIANS.- THE VIEWS OF MODERN SCHOLARS ABOUT THE MACEDONIAN LANGUAGE AND THE INFLUENCE OF THE ACTUAL POLITICAL PROBLEMS. -THE EPIGRAPHICAL ACTIVITY CONCERNING THE MACEDONIAN INSCRIPTIONS. -PROBLEMS CONCERNING THE SCRIPT. REPERTORY OF LETTER-FORMS FROM DATED INSCRIPTIONS IN THE PERIOD COVERED. THE LAST SECTION OF THE STUDY INCLUDES A CATALOGUE OF THE INSCRIPTIONS USED, GROUPED PAR REGION, PRECEDED BY REFERENCES TO THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIAL FOUND AT EACH IMPORTANT SITE AND FOLLOWED BY AND INDEX REFERING BACK TO THE PAGES WHERE A DISCUSSION OF EACH INSCRIPTION MAY BE FOUND. THE STUDY ENDS WITH AN INDEX OF THE MOST IMPORTANT GREEK FORMS.