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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Comprehensive, authoritative but highly accessible reference work essential for all those interested in the history of Greek.

About the Author

Anastassios-Fivos Christidis was Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Director of the Linguistics Section of the Centre for the Greek Language in Thessaloniki. He has previously published, in Greek, Language, Politics, Culture (1999) and Aspects of Language (2003).

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"There is an enormous amount of useful information in the volume, and much of what is present cannot be found in any other single source...This is a very useful book." Miles Beckwith, New England Classical Journal