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UNINA9910465222703321 |
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Titolo |
Biological clocks [[electronic resource] ] : effects on behavior, health, and outlook / / Oktav Salvenmoser and Brigitta Meklau, editors |
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New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (223 p.) |
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Collana |
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Public Health in the 21st Century |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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SalvenmoserOktav |
MeklauBrigitta |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Biological rhythms |
Circadian rhythms |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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UNINA9910778714803321 |
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Autore |
Woodard Roger D |
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Titolo |
Greek writing from Knossos to Homer : a linguistic interpretation of the origin of the Greek alphabet and the continuity of ancient Greek literacy / / Roger D. Woodard |
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New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1997 |
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0-19-770466-2 |
1-280-45272-2 |
0-19-535566-0 |
0-585-38144-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (302 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Greek language - Alphabet |
Greek language - Writing |
Greek language - Written Greek |
Language and culture - Greece - History |
Literacy - Greece - History |
Written communication - Greece - History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-278) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 The Syllabaries; 3 Syllable-Dependent Approaches; 4 Non-Syllable-Dependent Approaches; 5 The Hierarchy of Orthographic Strength; 6 The Alphabet; 7 Cyprus and Beyond; 8 Conclusions; Phonetic Glossary; Symbols; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Greek Writing from Knossos to Homer examines the origin of the Greek alphabet. Departing from previous accounts, Roger Woodard places the advent of the alphabet within an unbroken continuum of Greek literacy beginning in the Mycenean era. He argues that the creators of the Greek alphabet, who adapted the Phoenician consonantal script, were scribes accustomed to writing Greek with the syllabic script of Cyprus. Certain characteristic features of the Cypriot script--for example, its strategy for representing consonant sequences and elements of Cypriot Greek phonology--were transferred to the new |
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