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Greek :

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(hardcover : alk. paper)

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(hardcover : alk. paper)

(Number (ISBN

1405134151

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9781405134156

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Title Proper

Greek :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

a history of the language and its speakers /

First Statement of Responsibility

Geoffrey Horrocks

Edition Statement

2nd ed

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Malden, Mass. :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Wiley-Blackwell,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

c2010

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xx, 505 p. :

Other Physical Details

ill., map ;

Dimensions

26 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [471]-492) and index

Text of Note

pt. 1. Ancient Greek : from Mycenae to the Roman empire.The ancient Greek dialects -- Classical Greek : official and literary 'standards' -- The reise of Attic -- Greek in the Hellenistic period -- Greek in the Roman empire -- Spoken koine in the Roman world -- pt. 2. Byzantium : from Constantine to Mehmet the Conqueror. Historuical 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" -- pt. 3. 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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Text of Note

"Greek: A History of the Language and its Speakers traces the trajectory of the Greek language from the Mycenaean period of the second millennium BC to the present day. Widely, celebrated on its original release, this greatly expanded Second Edition explores the evolution of the Greek language in its regional and social heterogeneity and in both its spoken and written forms."--BOOK JACKET

Greek language-- History

Greek language, Medieval and late

Greek language, Modern

Greece, Civilization

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Book number

Horrocks, Geoffrey C

Date of Transaction

20110412234819.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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