介绍一下modern greece如题ABOUT CLOTHES

介绍一下modern greece如题ABOUT CLOTHES
介绍一下modern greece
如题
ABOUT CLOTHES

介绍一下modern greece如题ABOUT CLOTHES
The Greek Language - Frequently Asked Questions
For our tenth anniversary in 1996 we produced a short pamphlet including a brief history of Greek together with other material that we thought may be of interest to those involved with Greece or Greek.To access this click on the button opposite.
Below we have tried to answer some frequently asked questions about the Greek language.
Is Modern Greek the same as Classical Greek?
This is one of the most often asked questions and also one of the hardest to answer.Modern Greek is the descendant on the language of Homer and the great classical dramatists but has radically changed,particularly in pronunciation,but also in other aspects.However the details of the developments in the language are difficult to describe without assuming a fairly detailed knowledge of the modern and ancient language in which case the original question is redundant.Suffice it to say that although the pace of change has been slower in Greek than in many other languages,there is no more point in speaking Classical Greek in Athens of today than addressing a modern Londoner in Chaucer’s English.The difference in both cases is much the same!However if one turns to the written language,there is no doubt that a Greek of ancient times would recognize as familiar,at least so far as language is concerned,much printed in the modern Athenian press - although perhaps finding inventions such as television,aircraft and the internet somewhat difficult to comprehend!
Where is Greek spoken apart from Greece?
As an official language,only in Cyprus where some 80% of the population is Greek speaking.However there are substantial Greek communities in many parts of the world where Greek is used between family and friends including Australia,the United Kingdom and the USA.
How does Cyprus Greek differ from Greek in Greece?
So far as the standard written language is concerned there is no difference.Like the regions of Greece,or indeed as occurs in virtually any country one cares to name,there is a local Cyprus dialect as well as a regional accent but these do not affect the written language.What the person commissioning Greek translations should perhaps be more aware of is the different legal system and system of government in Cyprus,which,for historical reasons,is based on the British model rather than the continental,Franco-German,approach adopted in Greece.
Why do the accents seem different to those I remember from my school Greek?
Classical Greek pronunciation involved a system of rising and falling tones and the traditional (polytonic) system of accentuation was developed to reflect this.It used three accents (´ ` and ) and two breathings (` ´)were used on initial vowels:` to indicate aspiration (i.e.an h sound as in hydrogen) and ’ indicating that it was not to be aspirated.Modern Greek has a stress accent rather than tones and thus has no need of the three accents of the polytonic system replacing them with a single accent '.Since initial vowels are never aspirated in Modern Greek it has no need for the breathings.The simpler,monotonic,system is now in universal use in Greece.
What does the Greek alphabet look like?
We have a copy of the Greek alphabet on line.It is also available in a form suitable for printing in postscript (c.110k),PDF (c.257k),or if you have suitable Greek fonts,for Word 5.0 for Macintosh (3k) or Word 7.0/'95 for Windows (c.20k).To check if you have suitable Greek fonts,see our Greek test files page.