The Modern Greek Language
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First Edition Thus
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
For scholars, students, and the intellectually curious alike, The Modern Greek Language stands as the definitive academic treatment of one of Europe's most historically layered tongues, tracing its evolution from the ancient Hellenic world to the vibrant, living language spoken across Greece and Cyprus today. Peter Mackridge, one of Britain's foremost authorities on Modern Greek, presents a rigorously structured account of the language's phonology, morphology, syntax, and sociolinguistics, anchoring each analysis in both historical context and contemporary usage. The work argues that Modern Greek cannot be understood in isolation from the centuries-long tension between the demotic vernacular and the artificially elevated Katharevousa, a linguistic and political battleground that shaped Greek national identity throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Mackridge illustrates with precision and scholarly authority how this diglossic conflict permeated literature, education, and public life, ultimately resolving in favour of the spoken tongue. A cornerstone of Hellenic linguistics, this volume remains essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand not just a language, but the culture and history encoded within it.
Author: Peter Mackridge
Format: Hardback
Published: 1985, Oxford University Press
Genre: Reference & language
Edition: First Edition Thus
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
For scholars, students, and the intellectually curious alike, The Modern Greek Language stands as the definitive academic treatment of one of Europe's most historically layered tongues, tracing its evolution from the ancient Hellenic world to the vibrant, living language spoken across Greece and Cyprus today. Peter Mackridge, one of Britain's foremost authorities on Modern Greek, presents a rigorously structured account of the language's phonology, morphology, syntax, and sociolinguistics, anchoring each analysis in both historical context and contemporary usage. The work argues that Modern Greek cannot be understood in isolation from the centuries-long tension between the demotic vernacular and the artificially elevated Katharevousa, a linguistic and political battleground that shaped Greek national identity throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Mackridge illustrates with precision and scholarly authority how this diglossic conflict permeated literature, education, and public life, ultimately resolving in favour of the spoken tongue. A cornerstone of Hellenic linguistics, this volume remains essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand not just a language, but the culture and history encoded within it.