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Friday, August 29, 2014

Greek professor who pushed for democracy via demotic discourse

At a time when Greeks protest in vain against economic austerity, it is hard to imagine how a dispute over language once provoked deadly riots in Athens and toppled the government. Emmanuel Kriaras, a lexicographer and literary critic who has died aged 107 ...


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