title: Turbela in Apuleius’ Novel
metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Dubova, Svetlana S.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2019-01-17T10:42:56Z
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2019-01-17T10:42:56Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2018-12
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Svetlana S. Dubova. Turbela in Apuleius’ Novel. Philologia Classica 2018, 13(2), 220–227.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.identifier.other
metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu20.2018.203
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/15253
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The contribution deals with the word turbela and its stylistic coloring: after Plautus (meaning
  ‘disturbance’) it is attested in the writings of Apuleius and other late authors. Nevertheless,
  there is no consensus among the researchers concerning its semantic and stylistic characteristics
  in the Metamorphoses: even if it is a borrowing from Plautus, it has a different meaning
  (‘a crowd’) and may not be a colloquialism. In support of it being borrowed, one may refer to
  Apuleius’ fondness for Plautine vocabulary and the testimony of Festus, who also points at the
  archaic nature of the word. The changing of meaning does not pose a serious problem, as it can
  be explained by the possibility of a metonymic transfer and Apuleius’ avocation of using wordplays
  and redefining semantic meaning. The article also discusses the spelling issue, evident in
  many cases of words in -ela. Confusion between abstract nouns in -ela and diminutives in -ella
  can be discovered early in antiquity, so there is no opportunity to make a distinction between
  turbela and turbella. The idea of the colloquiality of the suffix -ela and possible diminutive
  meaning of the word are deemed unjustified: in most instances, the context does not suggest
  that turbela is to be regarded as a diminutive, and words in -ela are attested in a number of
  writings where colloquial words would seem improper.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Philologia Classica;Volume 13; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: archaic vocabulary
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: colloquialisms
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: diminutives
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Apuleius
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Plautus
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Ammianus Marcellinus
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Turbela in Apuleius’ Novel
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.type
metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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