03730cam a2200709 i 4500 ocn855909963 OCoLC 20171106090218.0 m o d cr ||||||||||| 130814s2014 nju ob 001 0 eng 2013033068 9781118610701 (Adobe PDF) 1118610709 (Adobe PDF) 9781118610725 (ePub) 1118610725 (ePub) 9781118610695 (electronic bk.) 1118610695 (electronic bk.) 1405149256 9781405149259 9781405149259 (hardback) AU@ 000051853004 DEBBG BV041877415 NZ1 15500023 (OCoLC)855909963 (OCoLC)862049704 (OCoLC)866835900 B10CBF1E-0B2D-433A-93C5-D92BE3054091 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com DLC eng rda pn DLC YDX N$T YDXCP DG1 TEFOD PUL STF AU@ CDX EBLCP IDEBK AZU UKDOC OCLCF OCLCO TEFOD OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCQ DG1 pcc MAIN PA227 FOR 033000 bisacsh 480.09 23 LAN009000 bisacsh Colvin, Stephen. A brief history of ancient Greek / Stephen Colvin. [electronic resource] First edition. Hoboken : Wiley-Blackwell, 2014. 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Brief histories of the ancient world Includes bibliographical references and index. The Indo-European Beginnings -- An Aegean Co-Production -- Mycenean Greek -- The Dark Ages -- The Alphabet -- The Greek Dialects -- Homer and the Epic Tradition -- The Language of Greek Poetry -- Bare Words: the Start of a Common Language -- Greek to Romaic and back. "A Brief History of Ancient Greek accessibly depicts the social history of this ancient language from its Indo-European roots to the present day. Explains key relationships between the language and literature of the Classical period (500 - 300 BC) Provides a social history of the language which transliterates and translates all Greek as appropriate, and is therefore accessible to readers who know little or no Greek Written in the framework of modern sociolinguistic theory, relating the development of Ancient Greek to its social and political context Reflects the latest thinking on subjects such as Koine Greek and the relationship between literary and vernacular Greek "-- Provided by publisher. Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. Greek language History. Greek language, Hellenistic (300 B.C.-600 A.D.) Greek language History. Greek language Influence on Latin. Greek language, Hellenistic (300 B.C.-600 A.D.) Latin language Foreign elements Greek. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES Linguistics General. bisacsh Greek language. fast (OCoLC)fst00947178 Greek language, Hellenistic (300 B.C.-600 A.D.) fast (OCoLC)fst00947344 Electronic books. History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 Print version: Colvin, Stephen. Brief history of ancient Greek. First Edition. Hoboken : Wiley-Blackwell, 2014 9781405149259 (DLC) 2013028400 Brief histories of the ancient world. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118610695 Wiley Online Library ddc BK 206947 206947