Greek A History Of The Language And Its Speakers Second Edition Geoffrey Horrocksauth by Geoffrey Horrocks(auth.) 9781405134156, 9781444318913, 1405134151, 1444318918 instant download after payment.

• 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 AgesContent:
Chapter 1 The Ancient Greek Dialects (pages 7–42):
Chapter 2 Classical Greek: Official and Literary ‘Standards’ (pages 43–66):
Chapter 3 The Rise of Attic (pages 67–78):
Chapter 4 Greek in the Hellenistic World (pages 79–123):
Chapter 5 Greek in the Roman Empire (pages 124–159):
Chapter 6 Spoken Koine in the Roman Period (pages 160–188):
Chapter 7 Historical Prelude (pages 189–206):
Chapter 8 Greek in the Byzantine Empire: The Major Issues (pages 207–230):
Chapter 9 Byzantine Belles Lettres (pages 231–243):
Chapter 10 The Written Koine in Byzantium (pages 244–272):
Chapter 11 Spoken Greek in the Byzantine Empire: The Principal Developments (pages 273–324):
Chapter 12 Texts in the ‘Vernacular’ (pages 325–369):
Chapter 13 Ottoman Rule and the War of Independence (pages 371–378):
Chapter 14 Spoken Greek in the Ottoman Period (pages 379–412):
Chapter 15 Written Greek in the Turkish Period (pages 413–427):
Chapter 16 The History of the Modern Greek State (pages 428–437):
Chapter 17 The ‘Language Question’ and its Resolution (pages 438–470):