Date: 18-Dec-2009 From: Daniel Davies <ddaviescambridge.org> Subject: Aperçu d'une histoire de la langue grecque: Meillet E-mail this message to a friend
Title: Aperçu d'une histoire de la langue grecque
Published: 2009
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Author: Antoine Meillet
Paperback: ISBN: 9781108006675 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 18.99
Paperback: ISBN: 9781108006675 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 28.99
Abstract:
The echoes of Greek are heard in many modern languages. For example, the abstract vocabulary of the modern European languages derives largely from the vocabulary of the Greek philosophers and scholars, whether directly or via Latin writers who were educated according to the Greek tradition. First published in 1913, Antoine Meillet's history of Greek shows how the language, derived originally from Indo-European, developed over time in response to sociological and geographical factors. Meillet argues that its complexity is due to the constant borrowing of vocabulary and grammar from contemporary languages and regional dialects. Despite - or because of - its flexible and ever-changing nature, and the lack of consistency in usage between individual city states, Greek eventually became the language of great works of literature, philosophy and science.
Introduction; Bibliographie;
Part I. La préhistoire du grec: 1. Les origines indo-européennes du grec; 2. Structure du grec commun; 3. Le grec et les langues voisines; 4. Les dialects;
Part II: Les langues littéraires: 1. Généralités sur les langues littéraires; 2. Vocabulaire de la poésie grecque; 3. Débuts des langues littéraires grecques; 4. Les origines de la métrique grecque; 5. De la tradition des textes; 6. La langue homérique; 7. La naissance de l'article; 8. Les langues des poètes lyriques; 9. La langue de la tragédie attique; 10. La langue de la comédie; 11. La prose ionienne et la prose attique; 12. Le style;
Part III. Constitution d'une langue commune: 1. Définition de la 'koine'; 2. Conditions historiques de la constitution d'une langue commune; 3. Sources de la connaissance de la 'koine'; 4. Caractères linguistiques de la 'koine'; 5. Les bases dialectales de la 'koine'; 6. L'influence latine; 7. Elimination des parlers locaux; 8. Dissolution de la 'koine'; 9. Constitution d'une nouvelle 'koine'.
Linguistic Field(s):
Historical Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
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