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A Companion to the Ancient Greek Language
Egbert J. Bakker
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Description for A Companion to the Ancient Greek Language
Hardback. A Companion to the Ancient Greek Language gives a comprehensive account of the language of Ancient Greek civilization in a single volume with contributions from leading international scholars. This collection of 36 original essays covers the historical, geographical, sociolinguistic, and literary perspectives of the language. Editor(s): Bakker, Egbert J. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 704 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 176 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1358.
A comprehensive account of the language of Ancient Greek civilization in a single volume, with contributions from leading international scholars covering the historical, geographical, sociolinguistic, and literary perspectives of the language.
- A collection of 36 original essays by a team of international scholars
- Treats the survival and transmission of Ancient Greek
- Includes discussions on phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
704
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
Number of Pages
704
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9781405153263
SKU
V9781405153263
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About Egbert J. Bakker
Egbert J. Bakker is Professor of Classics at Yale University. He is the author of Poetry in Speech: Orality and Homeric Discourse (1997) and Pointing at the Past: From Formula to Performance in Homeric Poetics (2005) and the co-editor with A. Kahane of Written Voices, Spoken Signs: Tradition, Performance, and Epic Text (1997). He has published widely on various aspects ... Read more
Reviews for A Companion to the Ancient Greek Language
"The work is wonderfully clear, informative, and engaging. Students and scholars will enjoy consulting it. Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty." (Choice, 1 May 2011) "It has become customary for reviews of handbooks to express misgivings toward the genre and its ever-increasing presence. But whatever one might think of companion volumes, this is a useful book. It boasts a wide ... Read more