THE NEW BOOK by Professor G. Babiniotis includes texts of Prefaces and Introductions from twenty-five of his books. As he notes in the Preface of the book: “The reason why the author writes a book and what he wants to offer with it is the essence of writing any book“. These texts describe the method and the main characteristics of each work, as well as the challenges faced during the process of writing. In this way, they introduce the reader not only into the world of each book, but also into the author’s general linguistic thought, thus providing valuable answers to questions such as:
- How is a dictionary compiled?
- How is a grammar written?
- What is modern linguistics?
- What is the relationship between Linguistics and Literature?
- What are the main characteristics of the Greek language and what are the greatest moments of its history?
This book, as indicated by its title “On the traces of language“, serves as a double “tracing”: on the one hand, as an introduction into basic concepts of lexicography, grammatical description, the history of language, as well as modern linguistics; on the other hand, as an overview of the scientific course of the author.
