Greek A History of the Language and its Speakers 2nd Edition by Geoffrey Horrocks ISBN 1118785150 978-1118785157
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ISBN 10: 1118785150
ISBN 13: 978-1118785157
Author: Geoffrey Horrocks
Greek: A History of the Language and its Speakers, Second Edition reveals the trajectory of the Greek language from the Mycenaean period of the second millennium BC to the current day.
Offers a complete linguistic treatment of the history of the Greek language
Updated second edition features increased coverage of the ancient evidence, as well as the roots and development of diglossia
Includes maps that clearly illustrate the distribution of ancient dialects and the geographical spread of Greek in the early Middle Ages
Table of contents:
PART I. Ancient Greek: From Mycenae to the Roman Empire
The Ancient Greek Dialects
Classical Greek: Official and Literary ‘Standards’
The Rise of Attic
Greek in the Hellenistic World
Greek in the Roman Empire
Spoken Koine in the Roman Period
PART II. Byzantium: From Constantine I to Mehmet the Conqueror
Historical Prelude
Greek in the Byzantine Empire: The Major Issues
Byzantine Belles Lettres
The Written Koine in Byzantium
Spoken Greek in the Byzantine Empire: The Principal Developments
Texts in the ‘Vernacular’
PART III. Modern Greek: From the Ottoman Empire to the European Union
Ottoman Rule and the War of Independence
Spoken Greek in the Ottoman Period
Written Greek in the Turkish Period
The History of the Modern Greek State
The ‘Language Question’ and its Resolution
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