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Greek: A History of the Language and its Speakers, 2nd Edition

Geoffrey Horrocks
ISBN: 978-1-4051-3415-6
Hardcover
528 pages
March 2010, Wiley-Blackwell
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  • Offers a complete linguistic treatment of the history of the Greek language from the Mycenaean period of the second millennium BC to the current day
  • Updated and expanded second edition features increased coverage of the ancient evidence, as well as the roots and development of diglossia
  • Explores the evolution of the Greek language in its regional and social heterogeneity and in both its spoken and written forms
  • Includes maps that clearly illustrate the distribution of ancient dialects and the geographical spread of Greek in the early Middle Ages

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