The Modern Greek Language: A Descriptive Analysis of Standard Modern Greek

by Peter Mackridge

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This is the first comprehensive survey of Standard Modern Greek, as it has emerged from the two coexistent varieties of the language - katharevousa and demotic. The book offers a descriptive analysis of the structure of the language and of present-day usage, which is illustrated by examplesdrawn from a wide cross-section of speken, written and literary sources.

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Peter Mackridge is Emeritus Professor of Modern Greek at Oxford where he taught Greek language, literature, and culture from 1981, and Visiting Professor of Modern Greek at King's College London.

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Nonfiction, Reference
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489.35LanguageClassical Greek and related Hellenic languagesOther Hellenic languagesModern GreekGrammar of modern Greek
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PA1057 .M27Language and LiteratureGreek language and literature. Latin language and literatureMedieval and modern Greek language
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