Greek

A History of the Language and its Speakers

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Geoffrey Horrocks

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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

Author Biography:

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 Languge (with J. Clackson, Wiley-Blackwell, 2007).

Release date Australia

January 3rd, 2014

Author

Geoffrey Horrocks

Audience

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Edition

2nd edition

Pages

528

Dimensions

168x241x28

ISBN-13

9781118785157

Product ID

21451749

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