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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 January 2016
Much has been written on Greek diglossia and the language struggle (between katharevousa and dhimotiki). Defenders of katharevousa have emphasized the importance of the language’s roots in ancient Greek, opponents of katharevousa have emphasized the idea that the Greek language should be first and foremost ‘the language of the people’.
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18. My own impression, based on casual observation of speech outside Thessaloniki, is that the constraints do still function in many dialects of modern Greek, especially in the speech of generations older than those interviewed for this project, i.e. the ‘old people’ referred to by the informants.