ENGLISH

Medieval and Modern Greek

By Robert Browning

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1983
ISBN
0521234883, 9780521234887, 0521299780, 9780521299787
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (5799381 bytes)
Edition
2nd edition
Pages
VIII, 158\170
Topic
Linguistics\\Linguistics
DPI
600
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2013-10-18 10:25:23

Description

To speakers of modern Greek the Homeric poems of the 7th century BC are not written in a foreign language. The Greek language has enjoyed a continuous tradition from earliest times until now. This book traces its history from the immediately post-classical or Hellenistic period to the present day. The aim is both to analyse the changing structure of a language stabilised by a peculiarly long and continuous literary tradition, and to show how changing historical circumstances are reflected in its development. In particular the historical roots of modern Greek's internal bilingualism are traced.

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