By contrast with other courses in the same scientific-disciplinary field, the History of the Greek language course studies the development of Greek, that is in a diachronic phase. For the History of the Greek language course there is no hiatus between the spoken Greek of ancient times and that of today: speaking of a “dead” Greek and a “living” Neo-Greek is erroneous. To take this course, students must know the Greek alphabet and take the option of ancient Greek or Neo-Greek.
The course aims to give students fundamental knowledge of the History of the Greek language and considers the entire chronological arc from ancient Greek to modern Greek. The course is taught in two modules: History of ancient Greek and History of Neo-Greek languages to be chosen by students. Please note that History of Greek textbooks normally cover the period from ancient times to today.
Programme for students taking the course for 6 cfu
Evolution of Modern Greek.
Programme for students taking the course for 9 cfu
Evolution of Modern Greek. Historical features of classical Greek.
Ricevimento: Office hours By appointment. Professor Paganelli's office is in the former Glottology Institute E-mail: Leonardo.Paganelli@unige.it
LEONARDO PAGANELLI (President)
GUIDO GIOVANNI BORGHI
ENRICA ANNA MARIA SALVANESCHI
HISTORY OF GREEK LANGUAGE
Written tests during an oral exam: these aim to ascertain students’ knowledge of the Greek alphabet and pronunciation. Students’ ability to formulate working hypotheses and knowledge of linguistic terminology will also be taken into account.
