Geoffrey Horrocks

Greek (eBook, PDF)

A History of the Language and its Speakers

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Produktbeschreibung

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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444318920
• Artikelnr.: 38308244

Autorenporträt

Geoffrey Horrocks is Professor of Comparative Philology at the University of Cambridge, UK, and Fellow of St John's College. 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 Language (with James Clackson, 2007).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the First Edition xii
Preface to the Second Edition xv
IPA Chart xvii
The Greek Alphabet xviii
Introduction: The Scope and Purpose of This Book 1
PART I Ancient Greek: From Mycenae to the Roman Empire 7
1 The Ancient Greek Dialects 9
2 Classical Greek: Official and Literary 'Standards' 43
3 The Rise of Attic 67
4 Greek in the Hellenistic World 79
5 Greek in the Roman Empire 124
6 Spoken Koine in the Roman Period 160
PART II Byzantium: From Constantine I to Mehmet the Conqueror 189
7 Historical Prelude 191
8 Greek in the Byzantine Empire: The Major Issues 207
9 Byzantine Belles Lettres 231
10 The Written Koine in Byzantium 244
11 Spoken Greek in the Byzantine Empire: The Principal Developments 273
12 Texts in the 'Vernacular' 325
PART III Modern Greek: From the Ottoman Empire to the European Union 371
13 Ottoman Rule and the War of Independence 373
14 Spoken Greek in the Ottoman Period 379
15 Written Greek in the Turkish Period 413
16 The History of the Modern Greek State 428
17 The 'Language Question' and its Resolution 438
Bibliography 471
Index 493

Rezensionen

"Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty;general readers." (Choice, 1 February 2011)

"The text is likewise to be recommended to individualsinterested in the effects of politics, military history, andculture on the history of language. In fact, perhaps one ofHorrocks' greatest achievements is the skill with which hedemonstrates the special value of the history of Greek, thinkingabout the Greek language in terms of breadth and depth that areunusual among linguists working on Greek." (Bryn Mawr ClassicalReview, 9 May 2011)

This second takes account of reviews of the first and of the2006 Greek translation." (Book News Inc, November 2010)"The only proper history of Greek from the earliest evidenceup to the present day, Horrocks's book is a major achievementand fills a large scholarly and pedagogical gap."
Joshua T. Katz, Princeton University

"Horrocks has outdone himself. The 1st edition was as good anoverview of the entire history of Greek as there is, yet this 2ndedition improves on that, with added material on all periods ofGreek. This important work is well-written, informative, andinteresting."
Brian D. Joseph, The Ohio State University

"Horrocks offers an exemplary, and unique, survey of thedevelopment of the Greek language from its Mycenaean beginnings tothe present day, with a particular emphasis on the reasons forGreek's linguistic conservatism. Widely read and much praisedin its first edition, this expanded and revised second edition isto be recommended even more highly to all those interested in Greekof any period.
Elizabeth Jeffreys, University of Oxford