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" Greek : "
Geoffrey Horrocks
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BL
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664113
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Horrocks, Geoffrey C
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Greek : : a history of the language and its speakers /\ Geoffrey Horrocks
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2nd ed
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Oxford ;Malden, Mass. :: Wiley-Blackwell,, c2010
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xx, 505 p. :: ill., map ;; 26 cm
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9781405134156
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: 1405134151
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [471]-492) and index
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| Contents
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pt. 1. Ancient Greek : from Mycenae to the Roman empire.The ancient Greek dialects -- Classical Greek : official and literary 'standards' -- The reise of Attic -- Greek in the Hellenistic period -- Greek in the Roman empire -- Spoken koine in the Roman world -- pt. 2. Byzantium : from Constantine to Mehmet the Conqueror. Historuical prelude -- Greek in the Byzantine empire : the major issues -- Byzantine belles lettres -- The written koine in Byzantium -- Spoken Greek in the Byzantine empire : the principal developments -- Texts in the "vernacular" -- pt. 3. Modern Greek : from the Ottoman empire to the European Union. Ottoman rule and the War of Independence -- Spoken Greek in the Ottoman period -- Written Greek in the Turkish period -- The History of the modern Greek state -- The 'language question' and its resolution
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"Greek: A History of the Language and its Speakers traces the trajectory of the Greek language from the Mycenaean period of the second millennium BC to the present day. Widely, celebrated on its original release, this greatly expanded Second Edition explores the evolution of the Greek language in its regional and social heterogeneity and in both its spoken and written forms."--BOOK JACKET
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Greek language-- History
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Greek language, Medieval and late
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Greek language, Modern
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Greece, Civilization
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PA227.H76 2010
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