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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| 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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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (302 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 481/.1 |
| Soggetto topico: | Greek language - Alphabet |
| Greek language - Writing | |
| Greek language - Written Greek | |
| Language and culture - Greece - History | |
| Literacy - Greece - History | |
| Written communication - Greece - History | |
| Note generali: | Bibliography: p268-278. _ Includes index. |
| Previously issued in print: 1997. | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-278) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Greek writing from Knossos to Homer |
| ISBN: | 0-19-770466-2 |
| 1-280-45272-2 | |
| 0-19-535566-0 | |
| 0-585-38144-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910808162003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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