The Greek Language
The Greek Language by Leonard R. Palmer, published by Bloomsbury Academic on March 31, 2011, is a comprehensive study encompassing 370 pages in English. This book presents an outline history of the Greek language, divided into two parts. The first part explores the language’s pre-history, including its connections to Indo-European and Anatolian languages, the Linear B tablets, various Greek dialects, and the evolution of literary languages in both poetry and prose, culminating in post-classical Greek.
Readers will find a detailed comparative-historical account of Greek grammar in the second part, which includes a concise examination of historical phonology and morphology. This work caters to those with literary interests as well as those approaching Greek from a philological perspective. The book features a variety of quotations from Greek authors, enriching the study of this ancient language and its literary significance.
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This study of the Greek language is divided into two parts. The first is an outline history of the language and the second is a comparative-historical account of the grammar. The chapters in the first part deal with the pre-history (Greek and Indo-European, and the Anatolian languages), the Linear B tablets, the Greek dialects, the literary languages in poetry and prose, and finally post-classical Greek. Part two offers a concise account of the historical phonology and morphology of Greek. The book is aimed at readers whose interest is literary, as well as those approaching Greek form a philological viewpoint. It includes a range of quotations from Greek authors.
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