Medieval and Modern GreekTo 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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Contents
Introductory | 1 |
Greek in the Hellenistic world and the Roman empire | 19 |
The Greek language in the early middle ages 6th century1100 | 53 |
The Greek language in the later middle ages 11001453 | 69 |
Greek in the Turkish period | 88 |
The development of the national language | 100 |
The dialects of modern Greek1 | 119 |
| 138 | |
| 149 | |
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| Title | Medieval and Modern Greek Hutchinson University Library: Modern languages |
| Author | Robert Browning |
| Contributor | Robert Browning |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 1983 |
| ISBN | 0521299780, 9780521299787 |
| Length | 158 pages |
| Subjects | › › Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General Literary Criticism / General |
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