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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827877503321

Autore

Colvin Stephen

Titolo

A brief history of ancient Greek / / Stephen Colvin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-118-61070-9

1-118-61069-5

1-118-61072-5

Edizione

[First Edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 p.)

Collana

Brief histories of the ancient world

Classificazione

LAN009000

Disciplina

480.09

Soggetti

Greek language - History

Greek language, Hellenistic (300 B.C.-600 A.D.)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Indo-European Beginnings --  An Aegean Co-Production -- Mycenean Greek -- The Dark Ages -- The Alphabet -- The Greek Dialects -- Homer and the Epic Tradition -- The Language of Greek Poetry --  Bare Words: the Start of a Common Language -- Greek to Romaic and back.

Sommario/riassunto

"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  "--