Description
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
About the Author
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 of the Greek language, in particular, pragmatics, discourse analysis, and speaking versus writing.
Reviews
"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 range of generally high-quality essays by a parade of eminent scholars. Perhaps its most praiseworthy feature is the clarity and accessibility of many of its contributions, which makes them ideal starting points for the non-specialist." (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 7 May 2011)
"One doesn't have to be a student of Greek to enjoy this informative compendium." (Book News Inc, November 2010)
Book Information
ISBN 9781405153263
Author Egbert J. Bakker
Format Hardback
Page Count 704
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 1379g
Dimensions(mm) 254mm * 183mm * 43mm
