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The Modern Greek Foetus

Writing from the vantage point of the America of Bush and Bill Frist, in which the banning not only of abortion but also of many forms of contraception seems a distinct possibility, it is refreshing to read about a place where abortion rights are not imminently under threat. One might think that such a place would be considered a bastion of rational ‘modernity’ when compared with the embrace of...

Verbal Dvandvas in Modern Greek

While Greek is rich in compounds, one familiar type from Indo-European, namely dvandva compounds meaning 'X and Y', is essentially nonexistent in Ancient Greek. However, such compounds start occurring in post-Classical Greek and are fairly productive by early Modern Greek. The innovative dvandvas involve nouns, a type well attested elsewhere in Indo-European, but also verbs, such as aniγo-klino...

Early Movement Towards Modern Greek

The evidence of the preceding sections makes it clear that the Greek language underwent considerable development and change from the time Greek speakers first entered the Balkans in the 2nd millennium BC up through the Hellenistic era. However, it is important to realize that languages are like living organisms, in that they continually change and evolve; thus, Greek did not stop at the form it...