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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 Visualizza persona
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 Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
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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Serie: Oxford scholarship online.