ENGLISH

Development of the Greek Language (Studies in Modern Greek)

By Wendy Moleas

Book information

Publisher
Aristide d Caratzas Pub
Year
1990
ISBN
0892414855, 9780892414857
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7613649 bytes)
Pages
\128
Topic
Linguistics
Library
Anna-Archive
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2024-01-02 14:51:42
byzantineClassicalGreek languageMedievalModernPost-Classical

Description

The book is aranged in the form of a history of the Greeks and their language through the Hellenistic, Byzantine, Frankish, Ottoman and post-Independence periods. Discussion is based on changes in the language, which are very much those of pronunciation, spelling and grammatical simplification. Extracts from the literature of each period, in which developments can be traced, are accompanied by translations. Each chapter begins with a brief historical outline.The book is addressed to those who want practical guidelines.

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