Greek: A History of the Language and its Speakers, Second Edition

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Greek: A History of the Language and its Speakers, Second Edition reveals the trajectory of the Greek language from the Mycenaean period of the second millennium BC to the current day. • Offers a complete linguistic treatment of the history of the Greek language • Updated second edition features increased coverage of the ancient evidence, as well as the roots and development of diglossia • Includes maps that clearly illustrate the distribution of ancient dialects and the geographical spread of Greek in the early Middle AgesContent: Chapter 1 The Ancient Greek Dialects (pages 7–42): Chapter 2 Classical Greek: Official and Literary ‘Standards’ (pages 43–66): Chapter 3 The Rise of Attic (pages 67–78): Chapter 4 Greek in the Hellenistic World (pages 79–123): Chapter 5 Greek in the Roman Empire (pages 124–159): Chapter 6 Spoken Koine in the Roman Period (pages 160–188): Chapter 7 Historical Prelude (pages 189–206): Chapter 8 Greek in the Byzantine Empire: The Major Issues (pages 207–230): Chapter 9 Byzantine Belles Lettres (pages 231–243): Chapter 10 The Written Koine in Byzantium (pages 244–272): Chapter 11 Spoken Greek in the Byzantine Empire: The Principal Developments (pages 273–324): Chapter 12 Texts in the ‘Vernacular’ (pages 325–369): Chapter 13 Ottoman Rule and the War of Independence (pages 371–378): Chapter 14 Spoken Greek in the Ottoman Period (pages 379–412): Chapter 15 Written Greek in the Turkish Period (pages 413–427): Chapter 16 The History of the Modern Greek State (pages 428–437): Chapter 17 The ‘Language Question’ and its Resolution (pages 438–470):