The Greek Language

by Leonard R. Palmer

Book Overview

In this companion volume to his earlier work, The Latin Language, Leonard R. Palmer now provides a history of The Greek Language, including an overview of the coming of the Greeks, the Linear B. Tablets, the Greek dialects, genres (in poetry and prose), and a comparative-historical grammar. Palmer discusses the transformation of the Greek language from its Indo-European roots, through the Bronze and Dark Ages, to the Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806128445
• ISBN13: 9780806128443
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"