02978oam 2200661Ia 450 991077871480332120231222200100.00-19-770466-21-280-45272-20-19-535566-00-585-38144-5(CKB)111004366527964(EBL)431389(OCoLC)609832524(SSID)ssj0000165576(PQKBManifestationID)11161627(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000165576(PQKBWorkID)10142151(PQKB)11677089(Au-PeEL)EBL431389(CaPaEBR)ebr10278840(CaONFJC)MIL45272(MiAaPQ)EBC431389(EXLCZ)9911100436652796419960307d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGreek writing from Knossos to Homer a linguistic interpretation of the origin of the Greek alphabet and the continuity of ancient Greek literacy /Roger D. WoodardNew York :Oxford University Press,1997.1 online resource (302 pages)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 communicationGreeceHistoryGreek languageAlphabet.Greek languageWriting.Greek languageWritten Greek.Language and cultureHistory.LiteracyHistory.Written communicationHistory.481/.1Woodard Roger D565156MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778714803321Greek writing from Knossos to Homer1141859UNINA