A successor to J.P. Postgate's Short Guide to the Accentuation of Ancient Greek (1924), this book is a clearly written, step by step guide to the working of the Greek accent system.
It now incorporates much additional material and information based on the latest scholarship.
It is written for school or university students, who have some knowledge of Greek but who wish to acquaint themselves with accents, either for the first time or by way of revision.
It will also be of great interest to more advanced scholars and to linguists because of its clear explanations of the fundamental rules of the accent system.
The first part of the book outlines clearly the evidence for our knowledge of Greek accentuation and quotes some ancient sources for the sound of the accent. The remainder of the book is designed to facilitate the learning of the accents themselves. Exercises are included throughout, with answers given at the back of the book.
An appendix covers dialect accents, and there is a comprehensive index.
By:
Philomen Probert
Imprint: Bristol Classical Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Revised edition
Dimensions:
Height: 210mm,
Width: 150mm,
Spine: 13mm
Weight: 356g
ISBN: 9781853995996
ISBN 10: 1853995991
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 27 June 2003
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Professional & Vocational
,
A / AS level
,
Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
References are to page numbers. Preface Bibliographical Abbreviations Modern works Ancient authors and works General Abbreviations 1. Introductory 2. Basic Information 3. Accentuation of Verbs 4. Accentuation ofNouns and Adjectives: General Rules 5. Simplex Nouns and Adjectives: Accenting the Base Forms 6. Accentuation of Compounds, Proper Names, Pronouns, 7. Proclitics and Enclitics Appendix: Accentuation of Dialects Other than the Kaine Answers to Exercises Index
Reviews for New Short Guide to the Accentuation of Ancient Greek
' This is a valuable work for specialists and necessary for research libraries.'<br>Richard M. Golden, Religious Studies Review, 1994.<br>' offre un ensemble d'itudes particulihres d'oy transparaissent des lignes de force et des fractures fort utiles l'historien des idies'.<br>F. Moureau, Dix-Huitieme Siecle, 1994.<br>' Au total, un volume riche, irudit et cohirent qui ne craint pas la discussion interne...'<br>Willem Frijhoff, Justificatif, 1994.<br>'Scepticism and Irreligion contains plenty of interesting material, and is an important addition to the literature on the nature of unbelief in early modern Europe.'<br>Scott Mandelbrote, Dutch Review of Church History, 1994.<br>
