Table of Contents

General introduction: histories of the Greek language A.-F. Christidis; Part I. The Language Phenomenon A.-F. Christidis, Th.-S. Pavlidou, E. D. Kouvelas, S. L. Tsohatzidis, K. Kotsakis, D. Kati and K. Nikiforidou; Part II. The Greek Language: Language and History A.-F. Christidis, B. D. Joseph, J. P. Mallory, J. Clackson, Th. Glaraki, M. Karali, S. Andreou, Y. Duhoux, E. Masson, O. Masson, J. Chadwick, L. Vokotopoulos, E. Voutiras, C. Brixhe, Ch. Veligianni-Terzi, P. Cartledge, R. Thomas, A. Missiou, V. Bubenik and D. J. Kyrtatas; Part III. The Ancient Greek Dialects A.-F. Christidis, M. Karali, J. Chadwick, A. Panayotou, J. Méndez Dosuna, G. Horrocks, V. Bubenik and C. Brixhe; Part IV. Ancient Greek: Structure and Change A.-F. Christidis, A. Malikouti-Drachman, E. B. Petrounias, G. C. Papanastassiou, I. Philippaki-Warburton, G. Horrocks, V. Bubeniak, N. De Lange, M. Janse, M. Setatos, A. Thompson and B. D. Joseph; Part V. Greek in Contact with Other Languages A.-F. Christidis, E. Masson, A. Panayoyou, Ch. Tzitzilis, I.-J. Adiego, E. Tucker, C. De Simone, R. G. G. Coleman, N. Katsanis, N. De Lange, J. Ray, S. Brock, P.-Y. Lambert, A. Christol and D. Goutas; Part VI. Translation Practices in Antiquity: Section A. Language and Literature A.-F. Christidis, M. Setatos, M. Karali, L. Polkas, K. Valkas, J. N. Kazazis and Th. Papanghelis; Section B. Special and Specialized Vocabularies A.-F. Christidis, D. J. Kyrtatas, A. Missiou, R. Parker, M.-J. Edwards, P. Dimakis, P. Kotzia, D. Lipourlis; Section C. Cultural Meanings and their Transformations A.-F. Christidis, S. Vassilaki, Ch. Veligianni-Terzi, D. J. Kyrtatas, M.-J. Edwards, J. N. Bremmer; Part VIII. The Ancient Greeks and Language A.-F. Christidis, A. Missiou, P. H. Matthews, J. N. Kazazis; Part IX. The Fortunes of Ancient Greek A.-F. Christidis, V. Rotolo, J.-C. Saladin, E. Karantzola, M. Pechlivanos, N. Yakovaki, E. B. Petrounias, E. Skopetea, A. Liakos and D. N. Maronitis; Appendices; Editions and translations of ancient texts; Glossary; The IPA symbols; The development of the Greek phonetic system; Indices.

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