03029nam 2200673Ia 450 991045547510332120200520144314.01-280-45272-20-19-535566-00-585-38144-5(CKB)111004366527964(EBL)431389(OCoLC)609832524(SSID)ssj0000165576(PQKBManifestationID)11161627(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000165576(PQKBWorkID)10142151(PQKB)11677089(MiAaPQ)EBC431389(Au-PeEL)EBL431389(CaPaEBR)ebr10278840(CaONFJC)MIL45272(EXLCZ)9911100436652796419960307d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGreek writing from Knossos to Homer[electronic resource] a linguistic interpretation of the origin of the Greek alphabet and the continuity of ancient Greek literacy /Roger D. WoodardNew York Oxford University Press19971 online resource (302 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-510520-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-278) and index.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; IndexGreek 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 newGreek languageAlphabetGreek languageWritingGreek languageWritten GreekLanguage and cultureGreeceHistoryLiteracyGreeceHistoryWritten communicationGreeceHistoryElectronic books.Greek languageAlphabet.Greek languageWriting.Greek languageWritten Greek.Language and cultureHistory.LiteracyHistory.Written communicationHistory.481/.1Woodard Roger D565156MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455475103321Greek writing from Knossos to Homer1141859UNINA