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Welcome
to Unit One.
In
this unit students will learn about the historical
background to the study of Greek and Latin in English.
The
study of language is the study of culture, and with
culture comes geography, history and politics.
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Hand of Constantine,
Rome
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After
a brief historical sketch of English,
as well as of Greek and Latin,
students will read about how Latin
and Greek work. The remainder
of this unit is devoted to the Greek
alphabet (including specialized letter combinations known
as diphthongs).
After
reading Unit 1, students should be able to recite and write
the Greek alphabet, as well as to transliterate
Greek words into English.
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