TY  - BOOK
AU  - Colvin,Stephen
TI  - A brief history of ancient Greek
T2  - Brief histories of the ancient world
SN  - 9781118610701
AV  - PA227 
U1  - 480.09 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Hoboken
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
KW  - Greek language
KW  - History
KW  - Greek language, Hellenistic (300 B.C.-600 A.D.)
KW  - Influence on Latin
KW  - Latin language
KW  - Foreign elements
KW  - Greek
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
KW  - Linguistics
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - "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 "--
UR  - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118610695
ER  -