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Recommended to the reader ofthis book
A GRAMMAR OF MODERN GREEK
ON A PHONETIC BASIS
J.T. PRING
Published by The University of London Press
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With 2 phonetic introduction by
J.T.PRING
sy)The intention of all
concerned with the
writing and preparation
of this book is to provide
a standard self-teaching
grammar of the
contemporary Greek
language. Other volumes
in the series provide
complementary studies
in both Classical and
New Testament Greek.TEACH YOURSELF
MODERN GREEK
‘The Medorn Grock language is
spoken by about eight milion
people inhabiting mainy two
states, Greece and Cyprus. It
constitutes the presont stage in
the natural davelopment of the
language from classical Greek
‘through keine or New Testament
Greek and Byzantine or Medieval
Groek tothe present day. Like all
languages it has undergone
vasious changes in both
Pronunciation, rammar and
‘vocabulary throughout its tong
historical course. The main
foatures of Modem Greek
cutlined inthis book have been
statistically determined from
samples of both prosent-dey
‘Athonian speech and writing
Contained mainly in novels dealing
with contemporary Athenian ie