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Ancient Greek Ideas on Speech, Language and Civilization

by: Gera, D.L.

Price: 93,00 EURO

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Category: Greek Philology
Code: 392
ISBN-13: 9780199256167 / 978-0-19-925616-7
ISBN-10: 0199256160 / 0-19-925616-0
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 2003
Publication Place: Oxford
Binding: Cloth
Pages: 252
Book Condition: New
Comments: Original Edition, not print on demand

 Ancient Greek Ideas on Speech, Language, and Civilization
Deborah Levine Gera
Explores Greek ideas about the beginnings of language and civilization
Includes material on Enlightenment thinkers and modern theories, setting Greek assumptions in a wider perspective

Description
The source and nature of earliest speech and civilization are puzzles which have intrigued people for many centuries. This study explores ancient Greek views on the source and nature of the world's first society and first language. Two of the book's chapters are based on close readings of passages in Homer and Herodotus, while the remaining chapters are broader surveys of a variety of Greek literary texts. Topics covered include the nature of the language used both by men and animals in the idyllic golden age, accounts of humans' ascent to civilized life and their acquisition of language, and exotic creatures and peoples who have only limited linguistic capacities. Discussions of Enlightenment thinkers and modern theories of glottogenesis and language acquisition set Greek assumptions in a wider perspective.

Table of Contents
1:Polyphemus the Linguist
2:Language in the Golden Age
3:Psammetichus' Children
4:The Invention of Language
5:Between Language and Speech

 
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