Talk:Greek phonology

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This is an article I plan to be expanding in July and finish by August (due to time constraints). When finished to a reasonable standard, it should be incorporated into the Greek language group of articles. Comments and contributions will be welcome Chronographos 30 June 2005 08:44 (UTC)

The idea that the ancient Greeks did not have the concept of orthography seems very surprising. Didn't the Greeks have a word for it? :-) rossb 30 June 2005 16:00 (UTC)

Not in the sense of "correct spelling". That is, until the grammarians of the Hellenistic era tried to make rules that covered spelling, since pronunciation and spelling had already started diverging markedly. Initially, and rather late, the word was used for the description of architectural plans showing the building upright (orthon - the architectural term is, I believe, elevation). Check Liddell-Scott-Jones. Chronographos 30 June 2005 17:54 (UTC)

First off, there is no such thing as a perfect written representation of spoken language. A alphabet may be more or less phonemic, but it can for obvious reasons never perfectly imitate speech. The contenxt of the article right now is very misleading.

Secondly, this article should mainly be concerned with the Greek language spoken today, like all other phonology articles of living languages. An article about the phonology of Ancient Greek should be covered in Ancient Greek, not here.

Peter ^Isotalo 01:58, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Good candidate for deletion

This is a very short paragraph on a subject that is extensively treated and is being developed under "Ancient Greek pronunciation"