Greek – A History of the Language and its Speakers 2e

Preface to the First Edition xii
<p>Preface to the Second Edition xv</p>
<p>IPA Chart xvii</p>
<p>The Greek Alphabet xviii</p>
<p>Introduction: The Scope and Purpose of This Book 1</p>
<p>PART I Ancient Greek: From Mycenae to the Roman Empire 7</p>
<p>1 The Ancient Greek Dialects 9</p>
<p>2 Classical Greek: Official and Literary Standards 43</p>
<p>3 The Rise of Attic 67</p>
<p>4 Greek in the Hellenistic World 79</p>
<p>5 Greek in the Roman Empire 124</p>
<p>6 Spoken Koine in the Roman Period 160</p>
<p>PART II Byzantium: From Constantine I to Mehmet the Conqueror 189</p>
<p>7 Historical Prelude 191</p>
<p>8 Greek in the Byzantine Empire: The Major Issues 207</p>
<p>9 Byzantine Belles Lettres 231</p>
<p>10 The Written Koine in Byzantium 244</p>
<p>11 Spoken Greek in the Byzantine Empire: The Principal Developments 273</p>
<p>12 Texts in the Vernacular 325</p>
<p>PART III Modern Greek: From the Ottoman Empire to the European Union 371</p>
<p>13 Ottoman Rule and the War of Independence 373</p>
<p>14 Spoken Greek in the Ottoman Period 379</p>
<p>15 Written Greek in the Turkish Period 413</p>
<p>16 The History of the Modern Greek State 428</p>
<p>17 The Language Question and its Resolution 438</p>
<p>Bibliography 471</p>
<p>Index 493</p>