Author: Anastasios-Phoivos ChristidēsPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521833078
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 43
Book Description
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A History of Ancient Greek
Author: Anastasios-Phoivos ChristidēsPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521833078
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 43
Book Description
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The Linguistic Roots of Ancient Greek
Author: DON. RINGEPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780198879022
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book traces the development of Greek from Proto-Indo-European to around the 5th century BC, drawing on all the tools of scientific historical and comparative linguistics. It contributes to long-standing debates surrounding the classification of Ancient Greek dialects and discusses the tension between cladistics and contact phenomena.
Greek
Author: Geoffrey HorrocksPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118785150
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
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
A Brief History of Ancient Greek
Author: Stephen ColvinPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118610725
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
A BRIEF HISTORY OF Ancient Greek Attested since the fourteenth century BC, and still spoken today by over 10 million people, Greek has been one of the most influential languages in human history. English, Spanish, French, Russian, and Arabic are among the many languages to have borrowed key terms and concepts from Greek. A Brief History of Ancient Greek takes the reader through the history of this ancient language from its Indo-European beginnings right up to the present day, and explains key relationships between the language and literature of the Classical period (500–300 bc). The development of the language is also related to the social and political context, in line with modern sociolinguistic thought. The book reflects the latest scholarship on subjects such as koine Greek, and the relationship between literary and vernacular Greek. All Greek is transliterated and translated where appropriate, so that the text is accessible to readers who know little or no Greek, including scholars and students who require an accessible overview of the history of the language, or linguists and professionals who need a quick source of data and background information.
Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics
Author: A History of the Greek Language
Author: Francisco Rodríguez AdradosPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047415590
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
A History of the Greek Language is a kaleidoscopic collection of ideas on the development of the Greek language through the centuries of its existence.
Learn Ancient Greek
Author: P V JonesPublisher: Barnes & Noble Publishing
ISBN: 9780760739785
Category : Greek language
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
With enthusiasm and wry wit, author Jones takes you step by step through the rudiments of the Western World's first great language--the medium of Plato and the New Testament. Introduces the Greek alphabet, explains each grammar point in layman's terms, gives plenty of study hints, provides answers for the exercises, and even presents a "to-do" list at the end of most chapters. Not too far into the book you'll already be reading masterful Greek literature, in extracts chosen from such authors as Plato, Sophocles, and Thucydides. Offers a discussion of Greek history and culture in each chapter, and another feature that looks closely at Greek words, with special emphasis on related words in English.--From publisher description
Greece’s labyrinth of language
Author: Raf Van RooyPublisher: Language Science Press
ISBN: 3961102104
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
Fascinated with the heritage of ancient Greece, early modern intellectuals cultivated a deep interest in its language, the primary gateway to this long-lost culture, rehabilitated during the Renaissance. Inspired by the humanist battle cry “To the sources!” scholars took a detailed look at the Greek source texts in the original language and its different dialects. In so doing, they saw themselves confronted with major linguistic questions: Is there any order in this immense diversity? Can the Ancient Greek dialects be classified into larger groups? Is there a hierarchy among the dialects? Which dialect is the oldest? Where should problematic varieties such as Homeric and Biblical Greek be placed? How are the differences between the Greek dialects to be described, charted, and explained? What is the connection between the diversity of the Greek tongue and the Greek homeland? And, last but not least, are Greek dialects similar to the dialects of the vernacular tongues? Why (not)? This book discusses and analyzes the often surprising and sometimes contradictory early modern answers to these questions.
Ancient Greek Linguistics
Author: Felicia LogozzoPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110551756
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 874
Book Description
The volume assembles about 50 contributions presented at the Intenational Colloquium on Ancient Greek Linguistics, held in Rome, March 2015. This Colloquium opened a new series of international conferences that has replaced previous national meetings on this subject. They embrace essential topics of Ancient Greek Linguistics with different theoretical and methodological approaches: particles and their functional uses; phonology; tense, aspect, modality; syntax and thematic roles; lexicon and onomastics; Greek and other languages; speech acts and pragmatics.
Roots of Ancient Greek Civilization
Author: Harald HaarmannPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476615896
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Contrary to a prevalent belief of the Western world, that democracy, agriculture, theater and the arts were the attainments of Classical Greek civilization, these were actually a Bronze Age fusion of earlier European concepts and Hellenic ingenuity. This work considers both the multicultural wellspring from which these ideas flowed and their ready assimilation by the Greeks, who embraced these hallmarks of civilization, and refined them to the level of sophistication that defines classical antiquity.