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Informationen zum Autor Wendy Moleas is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Manchester, UK. Klappentext A concise account of the development of Greek from the Mycenaean age to the present day Vorwort Traces ancient to modern Greek, from Linear B tables through the classical, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Frankish / Venetian, Ottoman and post-independence periods to the present day Zusammenfassung Shows how accessible modern Greek is, once the basic adaptations over time are understood. This book provides an overview of the language's past for speakers of Greek. It provides the historical introductions and the translations of the extracts to offer an introduction to the Greeks and their language for those with no Greek. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the first edition Preface to the second edition 1. Prehistoric and Ancient Greek 2. The Beginnings of Modern Greek- The Common DialectThird Century BC - Eleventh Century AD 3. Greece under Frankish, Venetian and Turkish Domination:Twelfth Century- Eighteenth Century 4. Independence and the Formation of a National Language:Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 5. A Selection of Readings: 1896-2001 Notes Appendix One: Linear B Appendix Two: The Greek Alphabet Appendix Three: The Pronunciation of Standard Modern Greek Appendix Four: A Summary of the Grammar of Standard Modern Greek Bibliography
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
1. Prehistoric and Ancient Greek
2. The Beginnings of Modern Greek- The Common Dialect
Third Century BC - Eleventh Century AD
3. Greece under Frankish, Venetian and Turkish Domination:
Twelfth Century- Eighteenth Century
4. Independence and the Formation of a National Language:
Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
5. A Selection of Readings: 1896-2001
Notes
Appendix One: Linear B
Appendix Two: The Greek Alphabet
Appendix Three: The Pronunciation of Standard Modern Greek
Appendix Four: A Summary of the Grammar of Standard Modern Greek
Bibliography
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Wendy Moleas is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Manchester, UK.
