Beschreibung:
A comprehensive account of the language of Ancient Greek civilization in a single volume, with contributions from leading international scholars covering the historical, geographical, sociolinguistic, and literary perspectives of the language.* A collection of 36 original essays by a team of international scholars* Treats the survival and transmission of Ancient Greek* Includes discussions on phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics
List of Figures and Tables.Symbols used.Notes on Contributors.Abbreviations of Ancient Authors and Works.Abbreviation of Modern Reference Works.Linguistic and Other Abbreviations.Introduction.Part I: The Sources.Part II: The Language.Part III: Greek in Time and Space: Historical and Geographical Connections.Part IV: Sociolects and Ideolects.Part V: Greek as Literature.Part VI: The Study of Greek.Part VII: Beyond Antiquity.Bibliography.Index.