LEADER 03029nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910455475103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-45272-2 010 $a0-19-535566-0 010 $a0-585-38144-5 035 $a(CKB)111004366527964 035 $a(EBL)431389 035 $a(OCoLC)609832524 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000165576 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11161627 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000165576 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10142151 035 $a(PQKB)11677089 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC431389 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL431389 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10278840 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL45272 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004366527964 100 $a19960307d1997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGreek writing from Knossos to Homer$b[electronic resource] $ea linguistic interpretation of the origin of the Greek alphabet and the continuity of ancient Greek literacy /$fRoger D. Woodard 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d1997 215 $a1 online resource (302 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-510520-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 268-278) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aGreek 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 new 606 $aGreek language$xAlphabet 606 $aGreek language$xWriting 606 $aGreek language$xWritten Greek 606 $aLanguage and culture$zGreece$xHistory 606 $aLiteracy$zGreece$xHistory 606 $aWritten communication$zGreece$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aGreek language$xAlphabet. 615 0$aGreek language$xWriting. 615 0$aGreek language$xWritten Greek. 615 0$aLanguage and culture$xHistory. 615 0$aLiteracy$xHistory. 615 0$aWritten communication$xHistory. 676 $a481/.1 700 $aWoodard$b Roger D$0565156 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455475103321 996 $aGreek writing from Knossos to Homer$91141859 997 $aUNINA