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Greek: A History of the Language and its Speakers, 2nd Edition

Geoffrey Horrocks 

ISBN: 978-1-444-31892-0

December 2009

Wiley-Blackwell

528 pages

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Greek: A History of the Language and its Speakers, 2nd Edition

Geoffrey Horrocks

E-Book
978-1-444-31892-0
December 2009
$48.00
Paperback
978-1-118-78515-7
January 2014
$59.95
Hardcover
978-1-405-13415-6
March 2010
$268.95
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978-1-444-31891-3
August 2010
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Description

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 Ages
About the Author
Geoffrey Horrocks is Professor of Comparative Philology at the University of Cambridge, UK, and Fellow of St. John's College. He is the author of many articles on the history and structure of the Greek language and has co-edited several volumes on themes and issues in modern Greek syntax. His previous books include Space and Time in Homer (1981), Generative Grammar (1987), Greek: A History of the Language and its Speakers (1997), and The Blackwell History of the Latin Languge (with James Clackson, 2007).
Features
  • Offers a complete linguistic treatment of the history of the Greek language from the Mycenaean period of the second millennium BC to the current day
  • Updated and expanded second edition features increased coverage of the ancient evidence, as well as the roots and development of diglossia
  • Explores the evolution of the Greek language in its regional and social heterogeneity and in both its spoken and written forms
  • Includes maps that clearly illustrate the distribution of ancient dialects and the geographical spread of Greek in the early Middle Ages
To Purchase this product, please visit
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