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Greek. Why Greek?. Greece is the origin of Philosophy Western science Western medicine Christianity. Greek and Latin. There are obvious connections between Greek and Latin Similar morphology Same structures/same morphemes But different phonologies. Greek and Latin.
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Why Greek? • Greece is the origin of • Philosophy • Western science • Western medicine • Christianity
Greek and Latin • There are obvious connections between Greek and Latin • Similar morphology • Same structures/same morphemes • But different phonologies
Greek and Latin • English borrowed so heavily from Latin that it inherited Latin morphology and phonology • Not so much from Greek • We can see hints of morphology and can identify the phonological rules that differentiate Greek from Latin
V V V 2 2 1 Vowel Deletion ➛
Vowel Grades • There is no explanation • But, early philologists mapped out the alternations and proposed 4 grades of vowels • a (ballistic) • o (symbol) • e • zero (emblem)
