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Robert Browning
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Medieval and Modern Greek |
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English |
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Hardcover |
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168 |
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1983-09-30 |
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0521234883 |
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Cambridge University Press |
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2nd |
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Product Description
To speakers of modern Greek the Homeric poems of the 7th century BC are not written in a foreign language. The Greek language has enjoyed a continuous tradition from earliest times until now. This book traces its history from the immediately post-classical or Hellenistic period to the present day. The aim is both to analyse the changing structure of a language stabilised by a peculiarly long and continuous literary tradition, and to show how changing historical circumstances are reflected in its development. In particular the historical roots of modern Greek's internal bilingualism are traced.
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