Greek and Latin Letters

Greek and Latin Letters
Author: Michael Trapp
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2003-03-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521499439

The 78 letters in this Anthology (41 Greek, 36 Latin and 1 bilingual, with facing English translation) are selected both for their intrinsic interest, and to illustrate the range of functions letters performed in the ancient world. Dating from between c. 500 BC and c. 400 AD, they include naive and high-style, 'real' and 'fictitious', and classical and patristic items: Cicero, Horace, Ovid, Seneca, Pliny, Julian, Basil and Augustine are juxtaposed with Phalaris, Diogenes, Chion, and the authors of letters on lead, wood, papyrus and stone. Four final items exemplify ancient epistolary theory. The Commentary, besides providing contextual and linguistic assistance, draws attention to specifically epistolary features and to different stylistic levels of Greek and Latin represented. Epistolary topics and formulae are discussed in the Introduction, which also provides biographical and bibliographical information on all texts and authors included, and a history of letter-writing and letter-reading in antiquity.

Greek and Latin in English Today

Greek and Latin in English Today
Author: Richard M. Krill
Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1990-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780865162419

Help students build their vocabulary as well as their knowledge of history and culture. This book has already been successfully tested with hundreds of students in classrooms at several major universities. -- The General Introduction provides students with an essay on European Linguistics and the Greek Alphabet. -- The book will also teach students the Greek Alphabet and how to transliterate Greek into comprehensible English. -- User friendly, this textbook will help students appreciate the ancient languages. This volume also teaches the basic Latin and Greek vocabularies

New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin

New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin
Author: Andrew L Sihler
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 711
Release: 2008-11-13
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0199706425

Like Carl Darling Buck's Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin (1933), this book is an explanation of the similarities and differences between Greek and Latin morphology and lexicon through an account of their prehistory. It also aims to discuss the principal features of Indo-European linguistics. Greek and Latin are studied as a pair for cultural reasons only; as languages, they have little in common apart from their Indo-European heritage. Thus the only way to treat the historical bases for their development is to begin with Proto-Indo-European. The only way to make a reconstructed language like Proto-Indo-European intelligible and intellectually defensible is to present at least some of the basis for reconstructing its features and, in the process, to discuss reasoning and methodology of reconstruction (including a weighing of alternative reconstructions). The result is a compendious handbook of Indo-European phonology and morphology, and a vade mecum of Indo-European linguistics--the focus always remaining on Greek and Latin. The non-classical sources for historical discussion are mainly Vedic Sanskrit, Hittite, and Germanic, with occasional but crucial contributions from Old Irish, Avestan, Baltic, and Slavic.

Reading Greek

Reading Greek
Author: Joint Association of Classical Teachers. Greek Course
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 29
Release: 2007-07-30
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 0521698510

Second edition of best-selling one-year introductory course in ancient Greek for students and adults. This volume contains a narrative adapted entirely from ancient authors in order to encourage students rapidly to develop their reading skills. The texts and numerous illustrations also provide a good introduction to Greek culture.

Reading Greek

Reading Greek
Author: Joint Association of Classical Teachers. Greek Course
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 560
Release: 2007-07-30
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 0521698529

Second edition of best-selling one-year introductory course in ancient Greek for students and adults. This volume provides full grammatical support and numerous exercises at different levels. The presentations of grammar have been substantially revised and the volume completely redesigned, with the use of colour.

Greek and Latin in Scientific Terminology

Greek and Latin in Scientific Terminology
Author: Oscar Edward 1904- Nybakken
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2021-09-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781013770630

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

English Words from Latin and Greek Elements

English Words from Latin and Greek Elements
Author: Donald M. Ayers
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 316
Release: 1986-04
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780816508990

Presents an overview of the development of the English language and examines the formation of words especially from Greek and Latin roots. Also discusses definitions and usage.

Learning Latin the Ancient Way

Learning Latin the Ancient Way
Author: Eleanor Dickey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-02-18
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9781107093607

During the Roman empire Greek speakers learned Latin using textbooks that still offer special advantages: authentic and enjoyable vignettes about the ancient world, easy Latin composed by Romans, insight into ancient learning practices. This book makes the ancient Latin-learning materials available to modern students for the first time.

Pragmatic Approaches to Latin and Ancient Greek

Pragmatic Approaches to Latin and Ancient Greek
Author: Camille Denizot
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2017-10-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027264937

Pragmatics forms nowadays an integral part of the description not only of modern languages but also of ancient languages such as Latin and Ancient Greek. This book explores various pragmatic phenomena in these two languages, which are accessible through corpora consisting of a broad range of text types. It comprises empirical synchronic studies that deal with three main topics: (i) speech acts and pragmatic markers, (ii) word order, and (iii) discourse markers and particles. The specificity of this book consists in the discussion and application of various methodological approaches. It provides new insights into the pragmatic phenomena encountered, compares, where possible, the results of the investigation of the two languages, and draws conclusions of a more general nature. The volume will be of interest to linguists working on pragmatics in general and to scholars of Latin and Ancient Greek in particular.

Vocabulary from Latin and Greek Roots

Vocabulary from Latin and Greek Roots
Author: Elizabeth Osborne
Publisher: Prestwick House Inc
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2005
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9781580492065

Students learn the sources of hundreds of vocabulary words with this new, multi-year program. Unlike many programs that depend on rote memorization, Vocabulary from Latin and Greek Roots incorporates a variety of techniques to teach students the skills they need to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words, while also expanding sight vocabulary.Vocabulary from Latin and Greek Roots reinforces new words through:a format that capitalizes on word familiesassociative hooks and visuals to jog the memorybuilding language-analysis skillsexercises designed for maximum retentionMany vocabulary programs are focused on preparing students for a test from week to week, but Vocabulary from Latin and Greek Roots teaches skills that they can use for a lifetime.Teaches word analysis skills by focusing on root words.Additional notes on word and phrase histories build interestHumorous visual mnemonics reinforce recall.Book Four is recommended for 10th Grade.This is a student classroom edition. Tests and Answer Keys are available through the publisher but are only sold to schools and teachers.