Modern Greek Language: Modern Greek Dictionaries, Modern Greek Literature, Modern Greek Words and Phrases, Varieties of Modern Greek, Koine

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 52. Chapters: Modern Greek dictionaries, Modern Greek literature, Modern Greek words and phrases, Varieties of Modern Greek, Koine, Modern Greek grammar, Balkan sprachbund, Tsakonian language, Cypriot Greek, Malakia, Pontic Greek, Cappadocian Greek language, Olga Constantinovna of Russia, Greek-Calabrian dialect, Glossary of the Greek military junta, Geographia Neoteriki, Modern Greek phonology, Hellenic Nomarchy, Greek language question, Dimitris Lyacos, The Dead Brother's Song, Cretan Greek, Demotic Greek, Griko language, Himariote Greek dialect, Malakas, Greek military ranks, Taverna, Greek words for love, Katharevousa, Yevanic language, Nikolaos Sophianos, Ioannis Kakridis, Michael Glycas, Babiniotis dictionary, Nikolaos Loukanis, Idou o anthropos, Chalkidiki Greek, Iakovos Trivolis, Porfiras, Manolis Triantaphyllidis, Planodion, I lexi. Excerpt: The grammar of Standard Modern Greek, as spoken in present-day Greece and Cyprus, is basically that of Demotic Greek, but it has also assimilated certain elements of Katharevousa, the archaic, learned variety of Greek imitating Classical Greek forms, which used to be the official language of Greece through much of the 19th and 20th centuries. Modern Greek grammar has preserved many features of Ancient Greek, but has also undergone changes in a similar direction as many other modern Indo-European languages, from more synthetic to more analytic structures. The predominant word order in Greek is SVO (Subject-Verb-Object), but word order is quite freely variable, with VSO and other orders as frequent alternatives. Within the noun phrase, adjectives precede the noun (for example,, 'the big house'), while possessors follow it (for example,, 'my house'). The opposite order is possible as a marked alternative in both cases. Greek is a pro-drop language, i.e. ...