Greek: A History of the Language and its Speakers, Second Edition

Copyright © 2010 Geoffrey Horrocks

Greek: A History of the Language and its Speakers, Second Edition

Author(s): Geoffrey Horrocks

Published Online: 2 AUG 2010

Print ISBN: 9781405134156

Online ISBN: 9781444318913

DOI: 10.1002/9781444318913

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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

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xx)

    1. Introduction: The Scope and Purpose of this Book (pages 1–5)

  3. Part I: Ancient Greek: From Mycenae to the Roman Empire

    1. Chapter 1

      The Ancient Greek Dialects (pages 7–42)

    2. Chapter 2

      Classical Greek: Official and Literary ‘Standards’ (pages 43–66)

    3. Chapter 3

      The Rise of Attic (pages 67–78)

    4. Chapter 4

      Greek in the Hellenistic World (pages 79–123)

    5. Chapter 5

      Greek in the Roman Empire (pages 124–159)

    6. Chapter 6

      Spoken Koine in the Roman Period (pages 160–188)

  4. Part II: Byzantium: From Constantine I to Mehmet the Conqueror

    1. Chapter 7

      Historical Prelude (pages 189–206)

    2. Chapter 8

      Greek in the Byzantine Empire: The Major Issues (pages 207–230)

    3. Chapter 9

      Byzantine Belles Lettres (pages 231–243)

    4. Chapter 10

      The Written Koine in Byzantium (pages 244–272)

    5. Chapter 11

      Spoken Greek in the Byzantine Empire: The Principal Developments (pages 273–324)

    6. Chapter 12

      Texts in the ‘Vernacular’ (pages 325–369)

  5. Part III: Modern Greek: From the Ottoman Empire to the European Union

    1. Chapter 13

      Ottoman Rule and the War of Independence (pages 371–378)

    2. Chapter 14

      Spoken Greek in the Ottoman Period (pages 379–412)

    3. Chapter 15

      Written Greek in the Turkish Period (pages 413–427)

    4. Chapter 16

      The History of the Modern Greek State (pages 428–437)

    5. Chapter 17

      The ‘Language Question’ and its Resolution (pages 438–470)

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      Bibliography (pages 471–492)

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      Index (pages 493–505)

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