GRE4110 – History of the Greek language

Having completed this course, you will be able to:

• recognize typical features and stages in the development of the Greek language.
• identify Greek dialects.
• be familiar with the language of various genres of Greek literature.
• read, understand and evaluate critical reading in the area of historical linguistics.
• draft, explore and answer research questions in Greek historical linguistics.

Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.

You must be admitted to Classical Studies (master) to sign up for this course. Students enrolled in other Master's Degree Programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.

• GRE1002 – Innføring i gresk II
• GRE1105 – Gresk grammatikk
• GRE2105 – Gresk grammatikk II (discontinued)

14 two-hour seminars.

We expect you to prepare for the seminars and to participate actively.

NB: If no more than two students sign up for the course, the teaching may be given as supervised reading.

In order for you to be allowed to sit for the final examination, the following compulsory tuition activities must be approved by the teacher:

• oral presentation in class of an ancient Greek text from the perspective of language history
• submission of a draft of the seminar paper (maximum 2 pages, 2300 characters pr page)

The draft of the seminar paper is valid only for the semester in which t has been approved. Approved oral presentation is valid also for the next two semesters in which the course is offered.

Seminar paper of a total of 10-15 pages, 2300 characters each (without spaces; title page and reference list not included).

You submit your assignment in the digital examination system Inspera. You must familiarize yourself with Inspera before the submission deadline. Read about how to submit your assignment in Inspera.

In order for you to be allowed to sit for the exam, all compulsory tuition activities must be approved by the teacher.

You are required to familiarize yourself with the rules for sources and citations. It may be considered cheating or attempted cheating to use other people's material without informing about it.

AI based Generative tools, such as ChatGPT, are not legitimate sources. Generating exams answers, or parts of answers, using tools created by, or using, artificial intelligence (AI) may be considered cheating.