To speakers of modern Greek the Homeric poems of the 7th century BC are not written in a foreign language. The Greek language has enjoyed a continuous tradition from earliest times until now. This book traces its history from the immediately post-classical or Hellenistic period to the present day. The aim is both to analyse the changing structure of a language stabilised by a peculiarly long and continuous literary tradition, and to show how changing historical circumstances are reflected in its development. In particular the historical roots of modern Greek's internal bilingualism are traced.
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Traces the history of the Greek language from the immediately postclassical or Hellenistic period to the present day. In particular, the historical roots of modern Greek internal bilingualism are traced. First published by Hutchinson in 1969, the work has been substantially revised and updated.
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Excellent overview of the history of the Greek language,
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As someone who has studied both Homeric and Modern Greek, I found this book about the evolution of Greek fascinating. There is also an interesting chapter about the dialects of Modern Greek.
The book is written in an extremely readable style. I read through it in only a couple of days. There is a large bibliography at the back of the book and I intend to look up some of the references.
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Speakers of Greek entered the southern part of the Balkan peninsula in the first half of the second millennium B.C. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
common demotic, purist language, common spoken language, unaccented vowels, literary tongue, dialect texts, dialects today, aorist infinitive, vocabulary elements, dialect features, aorist indicative, imperfect indicative, spoken tongue, ancient dialects, personal endings, learned tongue, participle passive, living speech, modern dialects, phonological change, living use Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Asia Minor, Koine Greek, Chronicle of the Morea, New Testament, Constantine Porphyrogenitus, Byzantine Greek, Chronography of Theophanes, John Chrysostom New!
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Speakers of Greek entered the southern part of the Balkan peninsula in the first half of the second millennium B.C. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
common demotic, purist language, common spoken language, unaccented vowels, literary tongue, dialect texts, dialects today, aorist infinitive, vocabulary elements, dialect features, aorist indicative, imperfect indicative, spoken tongue, ancient dialects, personal endings, learned tongue, participle passive, living speech, modern dialects, phonological change, living use Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Asia Minor, Koine Greek, Chronicle of the Morea, New Testament, Constantine Porphyrogenitus, Byzantine Greek, Chronography of Theophanes, John Chrysostom New!
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- Modern Greek (Croom Helm Descriptive Grammar Series) by Brian D. Joseph on page 34, page 65, and Back Matter
- The Generative Interpretation of Dialect: A Study of Modern Greek Phonology (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics) by Brian Newton in Back Matter
- Morphology and Universals in Syntactic Change: Evidence from Medieval and Modern Greek (Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics) by Joseph in Back Matter
- An Aramaic Approach to the Gospels and Acts by Matthew Black in Back Matter
- The Greek American Community in Transition (Modern Greek Research, No. 4) (Modern Greek Research Series, 4) by Harry J. Psomiades in Back Matter
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- Rhetoric and Galatians: Assessing an Approach to Paul's Epistle (Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series) by Philip H. Kern on 5 pages
- Greek Literature in the Byzantine Period (Greek Literature Vol 9) by Gregory Nagy on page 102 (1), page 102 (2), and page 129
- Rhetoric in Byzantium: Papers from the Thirty-Fifth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, Exeter College, University of Oxford, March 2001 ... for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies, 11) by England) Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies 2001 (Oxford on page 35, page 40, and page 89
- Literacy in Lombard Italy, c.568-774 (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series) by Nicholas Everett on page 241, and Back Matter
- John Lydus and the Roman Past: Antiquarianism and Politics in the Age of Justinian by Michael Maas in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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