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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, , 2023 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-770466-2 |
1-280-45272-2 |
0-19-535566-0 |
0-585-38144-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (302 pages) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Greek language - Alphabet |
Written communication - Greece - History |
Language and culture - Greece - History |
Literacy - Greece - History |
Greek language - Writing |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliography: p268-278. _ Includes index. |
Previously issued in print: 1997. |
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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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Woodard examines the origin of the Greek alphabet and treats the advent of its script as a point on an unbroken continuum of Greek literacy. He argues that those who adapted the Phoenician script were scribes used to writing with the script of Cyprus. |
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