Greek
Subtitle: a history of the language and its speakers
By: Geoffrey Horrocks
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; Malden, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 505
ISBN-13: 9781405134156
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [471]-492) and index.

Contains ancient to modern Greek passages with English translations.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Ancient Greek : from Mycenae to the Roman empire.The ancient Greek dialects; title: Classical Greek : official and literary 'standards'; title: The reise of Attic; title: Greek in the Hellenistic period; title: Greek in the Roman empire; title: Spoken koine in the Roman world; title: pt. 2. Byzantium : from Constantine to Mehmet the Conqueror. Historuical prelude; title: Greek in the Byzantine empire : the major issues; title: Byzantine belles lettres; title: The written koine in Byzantium; title: Spoken Greek in the Byzantine empire : the principal developments; title: Texts in the "vernacular"; title: pt. 3. Modern Greek : from the Ottoman empire to the European Union. Ottoman rule and the War of Independence; title: Spoken Greek in the Ottoman period; title: Written Greek in the Turkish period; title: The History of the modern Greek state; title: The 'language question' and its resolution.