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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Modern Greek

150-168/268/368/468 Informal and Colloquial Modern Greek

Availability:

Not offered in 1997.

Credit Points:

18.75 1st year, 16.7 2nd, 3rd and 4th year.

Coordinator:

Assoc. Professor E Gauntlett

Prerequisite/s:

Intermediate Modern Greek B or Advanced Modern Greek 2 or equivalent.

Contact:

150-168: Up to six hours per week. 150-268/368/468: Up to three hours per week.

Subject Description:

Study of the theory of differences between spoken and written language, informal and formal style and register, and practice in appropriate use of varieties of Modern Greek. Students enrolled in 150-168 will also study the socio-cultural context and historical background to contemporary usage.

Assessment:

150-168: Regular written language work up to 2000 words (30 %); one essay up to 2000 words (25 %); oral test (10 minutes, 5 %) and a 2-hour written examination (40 %). 150-3668/368: Regular written language work up to 2500 words (35%); mid-semester class test (30 minutes, 10%); oral test (10 minutes, 5%) and a 2-hour written examination (50%). 150-468: Regular written language work up to 2000 words and one project up to 2000 words (65%); and a 2-hour written examination (35%).

Prescribed Texts:

  • Mackridge P, The Modern Greek Language, Oxford or Patakis.
  • Dangitsis K, Lexiko tis laikis, Athens.
  • Demiri-Prodromidou E et al, I glossa ton idiotismon ke ton ekfraseon, University Studio Press.
  • Thessaloniki. Kondosopoulos N, Dialekti ke idiomata tis neas ellinikis, Athens.
  • Stavropoulos D and Hornby A, Oxford English-Greek Learner's Dictionary, OUP.
  • Stavropoulos D, Oxford Greek-English Learner's Dictionary, OUP.
  • Cloff, R, A Concise History of Greece, CUP.
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