Geoffrey Horrocks

Gebundenes Buch

Greek 2e

Beschreibung

Greek: A History of the Language and its Speakers traces the trajectory of the Greek language from the Mycenaean period of the second millennium BC to the current day. Widely celebrated upon its original release, this greatly expanded Second Edition explores the evolution of the Greek language in its regional and social heterogeneity and in both its spoken and written forms. Beginning in the ancient world with the emergence and dominance of the Attic dialect in the 5th and 4th centuries BC, the book goes on to examine the subsequent development of the language during the Hellenistic and Roman periods. The text explores the tension between written varieties and evolving forms of the vernacular -- and the resultant 2000 years of diglossia -- the ever-growing gulf between what was said and what was written, and the linguistic consequences of attitudes toward language. Other topics addressed include the ancient Greek dialects, epigraphic and literary; the impact of the adoption of Greek by the Macedonians, Romans, and as a lingua franca in the East; the role of Greek in the development of Latin and modern European languages; and the position of different forms of Greek in the medieval Byzantine state. Finally, more recent problems of establishing a standard language and education system in the independent Greek state that emerged in the early 19th century are revealed, as well as the ongoing legacy of diglossia into the 1970s. Unmatched in breadth of material and scholarly rigor, Greek: A History of the Language and its Speakers, Second Edition, remains the essential resource on the development of the Greek language.

Autor

Geoffrey Horrocks is Professor of Comparative Philology at the University of Cambridge, UK, and Fellow of St. John's College. He is the author of many articles on the history and structure of the Greek language and has co-edited several volumes on themes and issues in modern Greek syntax. His previous books include Space and Time in Homer (1981), Generative Grammar (1987), Greek: A History of the Language and its Speakers (1997), and The Blackwell History of the Latin Languge (with James Clackson, 2007).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Februar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 1079g
• ISBN-13: 9781405134156
• ISBN-10: 1405134151
• Artikelnr.: 31696822

Rezensionen

"Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty;general readers." (Choice, 1 February 2011)

"The text is likewise to be recommended to individualsinterested in the effects of politics, military history, andculture on the history of language. In fact, perhaps one ofHorrocks' greatest achievements is the skill with which hedemonstrates the special value of the history of Greek, thinkingabout the Greek language in terms of breadth and depth that areunusual among linguists working on Greek." (Bryn Mawr ClassicalReview, 9 May 2011)

This second takes account of reviews of the first and of the2006 Greek translation." (Book News Inc, November 2010)"The only proper history of Greek from the earliest evidenceup to

the present day, Horrocks's book is a major achievementand fills a large scholarly and pedagogical gap."
Joshua T. Katz, Princeton University

"Horrocks has outdone himself. The 1st edition was as good anoverview of the entire history of Greek as there is, yet this 2ndedition improves on that, with added material on all periods ofGreek. This important work is well-written, informative, andinteresting."
Brian D. Joseph, The Ohio State University

"Horrocks offers an exemplary, and unique, survey of thedevelopment of the Greek language from its Mycenaean beginnings tothe present day, with a particular emphasis on the reasons forGreek's linguistic conservatism. Widely read and much praisedin its first edition, this expanded and revised second edition isto be recommended even more highly to all those interested in Greekof any period.
Elizabeth Jeffreys, University of Oxford