{"title":"Michael Silk","description":"\u003cp\u003eMichael Silk's works delve into the intricate relationship between language and cultural history, with a particular focus on the evolution of Greek through various historical periods. His writing offers insightful perspectives on how language standards reflect broader social and political changes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful explorations that combine linguistic analysis with historical context, enriching their understanding of both ancient and modern worlds. His books are essential for those interested in the crossroads of language, history, and military influence.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"standard-languages-and-language-standards-greek-past-and-present-by-michael-silk-9780754664376","title":"Standard Languages and Language Standards – Greek, Past and Present","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStandard Languages and Language Standards: Greek, Past and Present\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of essays with a distinctive focus and an unusual range. It brings together scholars from different disciplines, with a variety of perspectives—linguistic and literary, historical and social—to address issues of control, prescription, planning and perceptions of value over the long history of the Greek language, from the age of Homer to the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUnder particular scrutiny are the processes of establishing a standard and the practices and ideologies of standardization. The diverse points of reference include: the Hellenistic koine and the literary classics of modern Greece; lexicography in late antiquity and today; Byzantine Greek, Pontic Greek and cyber-Greek; contested educational initiatives and competing understandings of the Greek language; the relation of linguistic study to standardization and the logic of a standard language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe aim of this ambitious project is not a comprehensive chronological survey or an exhaustive analysis. Rather, the editors have set out to provide a series of informed overviews and snapshots of telling cases that both illuminate the history of the Greek language and explore the nature of language standardization itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume will be important for students and scholars of the Greek language, past and present, and, beyond the Greek example, for sociolinguists, historians and social scientists with interests in the role of language in the construction of identities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47607813800172,"sku":"9780754664376","price":353.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780754664376-standard-languages-and-language-standards-greek-past-and-present.jpg?v=1778174316"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/michael-silk.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}