Medieval and modern Greek
To 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 it…
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- Full title :Medieval and modern Greek / Robert Browning.
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To 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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- Publication Date:1995, c1983.
- Edition:2nd ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1995, c1983.
Notes
Includes index.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (viii, 158 p. )
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0511554141, 9780511554148
- oclc:on1242482637
- LC Classification:PA1050
- Dewey Decimal:487
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