Re: Ancient Greek Phonology
| From: | Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, September 19, 2000, 8:28 |
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> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 06:57:40 +0100
> From: Raymond Brown <ray.brown@...>
> At 10:18 pm -0400 18/9/00, Nik Taylor wrote:
> >Oskar Gudlaugsson wrote:
> >> Obviously, this is not a symmetrical vowel system. What's up with that?
> >> Why's there no /u/ or /o/?
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> >According to the article on Greek in The World's Major Languages,
> >Ancient (Attic)
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> [...]
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> Oh dear - I'm running out of time. The diphthongs will have to wait till
> this evening :)
I think the most exhaustive treatment (of Attic) still is this:
W. Sidney Allen, Vox Graeca, 3rd Ed., CUP, 1987, ISBN 0521335558
See <url:http://uk.cambridge.org/classics/catalogue/0521335558>. Price
GBP 14.95, in stock.
But not everyone agrees with Mr. Allen. Or so I've heard.
Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)