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A brief history of ancient Greek

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2014
ISBN
9781118610695, 1118610695, 9781118610701, 1118610709, 1405149256, 978-1-4051-4925-9
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4922535 bytes)
Series
Brief histories of the ancient world
Pages
xi, 219 pages\233
Topic
Linguistics Foreign
Time added
2014-06-12 06:00:00

Description

"A Brief History of Ancient Greek accessibly depicts the social history of this ancient language from its Indo-European roots to the present day. Explains key relationships between the language and literature of the Classical period (500 - 300 BC) Provides a social history of the language which transliterates and translates all Greek as appropriate, and is therefore accessible to readers who know little or no Greek Written in the framework of modern sociolinguistic theory, relating the development of Ancient Greek to its social and political context Reflects the latest thinking on subjects such as Koine Greek and the relationship between literary and vernacular Greek "-- Read more...

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