I have reread the section of Horrocks referred to by diachronic and looked at the example quoted in Horrrocks 4.11. With regards to the shift in pronunciation of бјЎОјОµОЇП‚ vs бЅ‘ОјОµОЇП‚ вЂ“ I think I agree more with Ben about the lateness of the phonemic change to make these two homophones. Nevertheless, as a Greek-speaking Jew living in Palestine, he could not avoid his native pronunciation of Hebrew/Aramaic affecting his pronunciation of Greek, even if only slightly.ДЄnyone who has studied a number of regional varieties of Koine Greek, with respect to pronunciation, realizes quite quickly that there are essentially two main factors in the different pronunciations of Koine around the Mediterranean: (i) the rate/time at which certain universal changes take place and (ii) the impact of the local languages on the pronunciation. Josephus wrote in a higher literary register of Greek than just about all (if not all) of the New Testament authors. I have also made a great effort to acquire Greek learning by taking up the study of the grammatical discipline, but my native language has prevented me from attaining precision with respect to Greek pronunciation (ПЂПЃОїП†ОїПЃО¬)

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