Table of Contents: Greek :

Main Author:	Horrocks, Geoffrey C.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Malden Wiley-Blackwell, 2010
Edition:	2nd ed.
Subjects:	Greek language > History Greek language, Medieval and late > History Greek language, Modern > History Greece > Civilization

Table of Contents:

Preface to the First Edition. Preface to the Second Edition. IPA Chart. The Greek Alphabet. Introduction: The Scope and Purpose of This Book. Part I: Ancient Greek: From Mycenae to the Roman Empire. 1. The Ancient Greek Dialects. 2. Classical Greek: Official and Literary ʹStandardsʹ. 3. The Rise of Attic. 4. Greek in the Hellenistic World. 5. Greek in the Roman Empire. 6. Spoken Koine in the Roman Period. Part II: Byzantium: From Constantine I to Mehmet the Conqueror. 7. Historical Prelude. 8. Greek in the Byzantine Empire: The Major Issues. 9. Byzantine Belles Lettres. 10. The Written Koine in Byzantium. 11. Spoken Greek in the Byzantine Empire: The Principal Developments. 12. Texts in the ʹVernacularʹ. Part III: Modern Greek: From the Ottoman Empire to the European Union. 13. Ottoman Rule and the War of Independence. 14. Spoken Greek in the Ottoman Period. 15. Written Greek in the Turkish Period. 16. The History of the Modern Greek State. 17. The ʹLanguage Questionʹ and its Resolution. Bibliography. Index.