Author : Barry B. Powell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 28,12 MB
Release : 1996-10-28
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780521589079
A challenging and fascinating enquiry into the genesis of alphabetic writing.
Author : Alexander Humez
Publisher : David R Godine Pub
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 37,42 MB
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : 9781567921014
In the first offering of this beloved duo, the Humez brothers take on the twenty-four letters of the Greek alphabet (plus those elusive "dead letters"), and through the device of the abecedarium bring the Greek culture and thought to life. From acoustics to zygote, they provide not only an engaging romp through the Greek language but also a series of glimpses into the world and man's place in it. The historical, philosophical, mathematical, cosmological, and political (all Greek words) approaches we take toward life, its description, elucidation, and evaluation, are all mainly derived from several thousand years of Greek culture. The vocabulary of language is a mirror of the minds of its speakers, and in this book we see the first reflections of the modern world.
Author : Lang Workbooks
Publisher :
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 35,83 MB
Release : 2019-08-11
Category :
ISBN : 9781089530091
Do you want to perfect your Greek handwriting? Do you need a trustworthy resource to teach your small children to trace the Greek alphabet? Then this workbook is the perfect companion for your studies. In it, you'll find all the Modern Greek consonants and vowels, including the upper and lower case versions and the ending form of the sigma letter. Your benefits: Clear large letters make it easy to recognize even the most detailed of the Greek characters. Detailed stroke order instructions provide you with a strong foundation to build your skills. Dedicated "Trace and Learn" sections are designed to imprint proper stroke technique unto your muscle memory. Font variations train your brain to recognize alternative character styles. As a bonus, for each character, you'll find an extra 8.5 x 11 inches page fully dedicated to the handwriting practice of that letter with and without guiding background light-gray letters. Feel free to photocopy these bonus pages as you wish to extend the lifetime value of your workbook. Special information: Like all Lang Workbooks, this work is also a labor of love. Accordingly, if you are a teacher, a student of Greek, or homeschooling your children, then you can photocopy any part of this workbook for your own, or your students, personal use. Learning to write the Greek script by heart has never been made easy.
Author : William D. Mounce
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 17,57 MB
Release : 2014-09-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0310518091
If you’d love to learn Greek so you can study your Bible better, then this newly revised second edition of Greek for the Rest of Us is foryou. Developed by renowned Greek teacher William Mounce, this revolutionarycrash-course on “Greek for the rest of us” will acquaint you with the essentials of the language and deepen your understanding of God’s Word. You’ll gain a sound knowledge of Greek, and you’ll learn how to use tools that will add muscle to your Bible studies. This book is divided into three major sections (Foundational Greek, Church Greek, and Functional Greek), each of which builds on the previous section and takes you to the next level. Depending on which levels you take, the book will teach you how to: Read and pronounce Greek words Learn the fundamentals of the Greek noun and verb system Conduct effective Greek word studies Learn the basics of Greek exegesis for biblical interpretation Decipher why translations are different Read better commentaries Be comfortable using reverse and traditional interlinears Understand the information displayed by biblical software
Author : Roger D. Woodard
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 16,35 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Greek language
ISBN : 0195105206
Certain characteristic features of the Cypriot script - for example, its strategy for representing consonant sequences and elements of Cypriot Greek phonology - were transferred to the new alphabetic script. Proposing a Cypriot origin of the alphabet at the hands of previously literate adapters brings clarity to various problems of the alphabet, such as the Greek use of the Phoenician sibilant letters. The alphabet, rejected by the post-Bronze Age "Mycenaean" culture of Cyprus, was exported west to the Aegean, where it gained a foothold among a then illiterate Greek people emerging from the Dark Age. Woodard's study, a combination of philological and epigraphical investigation with linguistic theory, should be of interest to both scholars and students of classics, linguistics, and Near Eastern studies.
Author : Catherine R. Proppe
Publisher : Catherine Proppe
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 25,91 MB
Release : 2013-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781940274485
What do the letters of the ancient Greek alphabet mean? Conventionally, the answer is that they are simply sounds without meaning. But the thing is, the ancient Greeks saw meaning in everything. They equated the natural world with the divine. They studied the world to understand divinity. In doing so, the ancient Greeks created the foundation of modern math, science, democracy, medicine, art, architecture, and language. In a culture that saw meaning in everything, is it likely that their written record consisted of sounds without meaning? Not very. Greek letters have meaning. Greek Alphabet: Unlock the Secrets explains why Greek letters are shaped the way they are, what they mean, and how these letters are used to form meaningful words. Spoiler alert: Omega is most definitely not the last letter of the Greek alphabet.
Author : Mary Norris
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 37,45 MB
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1324001283
“One of the most satisfying accounts of a great passion that I have ever read.” —Vivian Gornick, New York Times Book Review Mary Norris, The New Yorker’s Comma Queen and best-selling author of Between You & Me, has had a lifelong love affair with words. In Greek to Me, she delivers a delightful paean to the art of self-expression through accounts of her solo adventures in the land of olive trees and ouzo. Along the way, Norris explains how the alphabet originated in Greece, makes the case for Athena as a feminist icon, and reveals the surprising ways in which Greek helped form English. Greek to Me is filled with Norris’s memorable encounters with Greek words, Greek gods, Greek wine—and more than a few Greek men.
Author : John Man
Publisher : Random House
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 25,4 MB
Release : 2010-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 1409045331
The idea behind the alphabet - that language with all its wealth of meaning can be recorded with a few meaningless signs - is an extraordinary one. So extraordinary, in fact, that it has occurred only once in human history: in Egypt about 4000 years ago. Alpha Beta follows the emergence of the western alphabet as it evolved into its present form, contributing vital elements to our sense of identity along the way. The Israelites used it to define their God, the Greeks to capture their myths, the Romans to display their power. And today, it seems on the verge of yet another expansion through the internet. Tracking the alphabet as it leaps from culture to culture, John Man weaves discoveries, mysteries and controversies into a story of fundamental historical significance.
Author : Christopher Perrin
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,17 MB
Release : 2008-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781600510359
"The famous Grecian Urn of Achilles has been stolen ... The Greek alphabet is the key to decoding the clues and recovering the stolen treasure. Learn all of the Greek letters from alpha to omega along with their phonetic pronunciation. Decipher the encoded clues from witnesses to discover the identity of the thief and to trace the escape route. You will learn to to sound out English words with the Greek alphabet and you will even be able to write in your own Greek-letter code"--Page 4 of cover
Author : Michael S. Macrakis
Publisher :
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 37,85 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Design
ISBN :
Written by some of the foremost typographic and book history scholars in the world such as Hermann Zapf, Nicolas Barker, and Nicolas Panayotakis, these essays bring to life the rich history and development of the Greek letter form: its role in the history of the printed word and civilization, the urgent need for quality modern fonts, and the challenges faced by the current and future realm of Greek type design. In response to these challenges, the Greek Font Society formed in 1992 to promote and design quality Greek fonts for printing and use on the computer screen. The Society also gathered some of the most respected professionals, designers, and scholars at the first International Symposium on the Evolution of the Greek Alphabet and published the papers presented on these topics, now contained in this volume, Greek Letters.
