Dative for Accusative Case Interchange in Epistolary Formulas in Greek Papyrus Letters

• Published in: Symbolae Osloenses Vol. 90; no. 1; pp. 122 - 163
• Main Authors: Stolk, Joanne Vera, Nachtergaele, Delphine
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 01.01.2016
• Subjects: case interchange; epistolary formulas; Greek linguistics; Greek papyrology; language change; private letters
• ISSN: 0039-7679; 1502-7805
• DOI: 10.1080/00397679.2016.1211374

Greek papyrus letters preserve not only instances of the replacement of the dative case; they also show the use of the dative instead of the accusative case as direct object and disjoint infinitival subject. This interchange is mostly found in epistolary phrases, namely the salutation formula (ἀσπάζ...