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

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