02932nam 2200757uu 450 991096451310332120260112201627.00-19-770466-21-280-45272-20-19-535566-00-585-38144-510.1093/oso/9780195105209.001.0001(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(OCoLC)1406785987(StDuBDS)9780197704660(FINmELB)ELB166578(EXLCZ)9911100436652796419971117e20231997 |y |engur|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. Woodard1st ed.New York ;Oxford University Press,2023.1 online resource (302 pages)Oxford scholarship onlineBibliography: p268-278. _ Includes index.Previously issued in print: 1997.0-19-510520-6 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; IndexWoodard 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.Oxford scholarship online.Greek languageAlphabetWritten communicationGreeceHistoryLanguage and cultureGreeceHistoryLiteracyGreeceHistoryGreek languageWritingGreek languageAlphabet.Written communicationHistory.Language and cultureHistory.LiteracyHistory.Greek languageWriting.481/.1Woodard Roger D.565156StEdNLUkStDuBDSZStDuBDSZBOOK9910964513103321Greek writing from Knossos to Homer1141859UNINA