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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 |
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