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Neoelliniki Grammatiki (Tis
Dimotikis).
Grammatiki tis
Dimotikis Glossas. Ballou, Glen (1987).
Handbook for
Sound Engineers:...
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Demotic Gr**** (Gr****: Δημοτική Γλώσσα,
Dimotikí Glóssa, [ðimotiˈci ˈɣlo.sa], lit. 'language of the people') is the
standard spoken language of
Greece in...
- more
archaic written forms, as with the
vernacular and
learned varieties (
Dimotiki and Katharevousa) that co-existed in
Greece throughout much of the 19th...
-
Modern Gr****:
Dimotiki, the
vernacular form of
Modern Gr**** proper, and Katharevousa,
meaning 'purified', a
compromise between Dimotiki and
Ancient Gr****...
-
official do****ents, and newscasting),
while Demotic Gr**** (δημοτική,
dimotikí), or po****r Gr****, was the
daily language. This
created a
diglossic situation...
- the
spoken Dimotiki the
official language,
making Katharevousa obsolete.
Modern Gr**** has, in
addition to
Standard Modern Gr**** or
Dimotiki, a wide variety...
-
varieties known as
Dimotiki and a
formal one
known as Katharevousa. Present-day
Modern Standard Gr**** is
largely an
outgrowth of
Dimotiki, with some features...
- and muni****l
consultation committee (δημοτική επιτροπή διαβούλευσης,
dimotikí epitropí diavoúlefsis), led by a
mayor (δήμαρχος, dímarchos). Depending...
- the
learned registers (see Diglossia)
culminated in the
struggle between Dimotiki and
Katharevousa during the 19th and 20th centuries. As for
regional dialects...
-
Standard Arabic/Arabic vernaculars, French/Creole in Haiti, and Katharevousa/
Dimotiki in Greece,
though the "low prestige"
nature of most of
these examples has...
