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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817101403321

Autore

Miller D. Gary

Titolo

Ancient scripts and phonological knowledge / / D. Gary Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c1994

ISBN

1-283-31285-9

9786613312853

90-272-7671-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (155 p.)

Collana

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, , 0304-0763 ; ; v. 116

Disciplina

414

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Phonology

Inscriptions, Linear B

Cypriot syllabary

Alphabet

Language awareness

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-135) and index.

Nota di contenuto

ANCIENT SCRIPTS AND PHONOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; 0. PREFACE; 1. THEORETICAL PREREQUISITES; 2. THE LINEAR B SYLLABARY; 3. THE CYPRIAN SYLLABARY; 4. THE GREEK ALPHABET; 5. THE RUNIC ALPHABET; 6. LITERACY AND LINGUISTICKNOWLEDGE; 7. IMPLICATIONS: AN IDEAL SCRIPT?; REFERENCES; GENERAL INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This study investigates the properties of several ancient syllabic and linear segmental scripts to make explicit the aspects of linguistic knowledge they attempt to represent. Some recent experimental work suggests that nonliterate speakers do not have segmental knowledge and that only syllabic knowledge is 'real' or accessible, whence the ubiquity of syllabaries. Miller disputes this by showing that such tests do not distinguish relevant types of knowledge, and that linguistic analysis of the ordering and writing conventions of early Western scripts corroborates the evidence from language acq