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 922-042 Informal and Colloquial Modern Greek

Note

Formerly available as 150-168/268/368/468. Students who have completed 150-168/268/368/468 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Availability

2nd and 3rd year

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Professor E Gauntlett

Prerequisites

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

Semester

Not Offered (view timetable)

Contact

One 1-hour lecture and two 2-hour practical language classes 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

Written work, class tests and oral tests, and an examination totalling 4000 words.

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