Colvin Stephen. A brief history of ancient Greek

Wiley-Blackwell, 2014. — 219 pages. — ISBN: 978-1-4051-4925-9A 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.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