Brief History of Ancient Greek

"A Brief History of Ancient Greek accessibly depicts the social history of this ancient language from its Indo-European roots to the present day. Explains key relationships between the language and literature of the Classical period (500 - 300 BC) Provides a social history of the language which transliterates and translates all Greek as appropriate, and is therefore accessible to readers who know little or no Greek Written in the framework of modern sociolinguistic theory, relating the development ofAncient Greek to its social and political context Reflects the latest thinking on subjects such as Koine Greek and the relationship between literary and vernacular Greek "--

Product details

• Authors: S Colvin, Stephen Colvin, Stephen (University College London Colvin, Colvin Stephen
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.01.2014
• EAN: 9781405149259
• ISBN: 978-1-4051-4925-9
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Brief Histories of the Ancient World; Wiley Brief Histories of the Ancient World; Wiley Brief Histories of the A; Wiley Brief Histories of the Ancient World; Wiley Brief Histories of the A; Brief Histories of the Ancient World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries; Linguistik, Fremdsprachen, Linguistics, Sprachwissenschaften, historische Linguistik, Foreign languages, Historical Linguistics, Classical Studies, Griechenland /Geschichte, Humanistische Studien, Antike u. klassische Literatur, Sonstige Fremdsprachen, Ancient & Classical Literature, Other Languages