Fwd: Re: Question about development of Greek verbal systemfrom Ancient/Koine Greek to modern Greek

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Nov 21 14:00:13 EST 2001


>Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 19:17:15 +0100
>From: d.roe at t-online.de (Roe)
>To: "Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu>
>Subject: Re: [b-greek] Re: Question about development of Greek verbal
>systemfrom
> Ancient/Koine Greek to modern Greek
>
>"Carl W. Conrad" schrieb [hO GEGRAFA, GEGRAFA]:
>
>> [...] Long, long out of print is
>> a wonderful little book by George Thomson (originally published
>> by Heffer in 1960) entitled, _The Greek Language_ --this is a
>> survey of developments in the langauge over the centuries with
>> charts of ancient and modern Greek noun declension and verb
>> conjugation and a marvelous appendix of Greek texts beginning
>> with the very early Nikandra inscription in Ionic dialect to a
>> modern Alexandrian poem of Cavafy, with very helpful notes
>> explaining changing morphoparadigms. I really wish this still
>> were available. I still consult a xeroxed copy of the 1960
>> volume.
>
>
>Hi Prof. Conrad,
>
>I see via www.bookfinder.com that used copies of Thomson's book are
>available through a few dealers ($15 to $25).
>
>http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?st=sl&ac=sl&qi=rqPoY0W4eIsd6SFXiTbXddErqPkwwEbX:11:32
>
>Feel free to forward this to B-Greek if you think appropriate.
>
>Kind regards,
>David
>
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Carl W. Conrad
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