{"product_id":"a-companion-to-the-ancient-greek-language","title":"A Companion to the Ancient Greek Language","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The work is wonderfully clear, informative, and engaging. Students and scholars will enjoy consulting it. Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.\" (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 May 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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.\" (\u003ci\u003eBryn Mawr Classical Review\u003c\/i\u003e, 7 May 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"One doesn't have to be a student of Greek to enjoy this informative compendium.\" (\u003ci\u003eBook News, Inc.,\u003c\/i\u003e November 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this Companion, an eminent team of international scholars present a comprehensive account of the Ancient Greek language from its Indo-European origins to its transition into Modern Greek. A series of original chapters come together as an authoritative overview of the language from a variety of historical, geographical, sociolinguistic, and literary perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe volume includes discussions on the survival and transmission of Ancient Greek and the materials on which original texts from antiquity have been preserved. In addition, a set of chapters is devoted to discussions of typology, including aspects such as phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. This wide-ranging collection will be valued by classicists and linguists alike.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Egbert J. Bakker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42839008903229,"sku":"9781118782910","price":71.06,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9781118782910_fc07fe04-6818-4fed-aad9-5c5eb7b8e194.jpg?v=1766952402","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/a-companion-to-the-ancient-greek-language","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}