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Beschreibung
This is aimed primarily, but not exclusively, at readers who know ancient Greek, and shows how accessible modern Greek is, once the basic adaptations over time are understood. For speakers of Greek the book provides an overview of the language's past. For those with no Greek the historical introductions and translations of the extracts serves as an introduction to the Greeks and their language.

The chapters trace the long march of the languages from the uses of Greek in the Linear B tables through the classical, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Frankish / Venetian, Ottoman and post independence periods to the present day. The developments are illustrated within their historical contexts and the extracts give a taste of the literature of a period as well as providing examples of changes in the language, which are explained in the grammatical points to that follow.

This second edition has been revised throughout. The translations are more literal, to enable a clearer understanding of the Greek text, and a new appendix summarises the grammar of Standard Modern Greek. Finally and up-to-date and fuller bibliography provides a useful guide to further study.
This is aimed primarily, but not exclusively, at readers who know ancient Greek, and shows how accessible modern Greek is, once the basic adaptations over time are understood. For speakers of Greek the book provides an overview of the language's past. For those with no Greek the historical introductions and translations of the extracts serves as an introduction to the Greeks and their language.

The chapters trace the long march of the languages from the uses of Greek in the Linear B tables through the classical, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Frankish / Venetian, Ottoman and post independence periods to the present day. The developments are illustrated within their historical contexts and the extracts give a taste of the literature of a period as well as providing examples of changes in the language, which are explained in the grammatical points to that follow.

This second edition has been revised throughout. The translations are more literal, to enable a clearer understanding of the Greek text, and a new appendix summarises the grammar of Standard Modern Greek. Finally and up-to-date and fuller bibliography provides a useful guide to further study.
Über den Autor
Wendy Moleas is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Manchester, UK.
Zusammenfassung
New translations, a new appendix summarises the grammar of Standard Modern Greek, and up-to-date and fuller bibliography
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
1. Prehistoric and Ancient Greek
2. The Beginnings of Modern Greek- The Common Dialect
Third Century BC - Eleventh Century AD
3. Greece under Frankish, Venetian and Turkish Domination:
Twelfth Century- Eighteenth Century
4. Independence and the Formation of a National Language:
Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
5. A Selection of Readings: 1896-2001
Notes
Appendix One: Linear B
Appendix Two: The Greek Alphabet
Appendix Three: The Pronunciation of Standard Modern Greek
Appendix Four: A Summary of the Grammar of Standard Modern Greek
Bibliography

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Genre: Importe
Rubrik: Sprachwissenschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781853996757
ISBN-10: 1853996750
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Moleas, Wendy
Hersteller: Bloomsbury 3PL
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 216 x 140 x 8 mm
Von/Mit: Wendy Moleas
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.04.2013
Gewicht: 0,194 kg
Artikel-ID: 132028642