Greek Writing from Knossos to Homer : a Linguistic Interpretation of the Origin of the Greek Alphabet and the Continuity of Ancient Greek Literacy.

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Greek 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 adapte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Woodard, Roger D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 1997.
Temas:
Greek language > Alphabet.
Greek language > Writing.
Greek language > Written Greek.
Language and culture > Greece > History.
Literacy > Greece > History.
Written communication > Greece > History.
Grec (Langue) > Alphabet.
Grec (Langue) > Écriture.
Grec (Langue) > Grec écrit.
Langage et culture > Grèce > Histoire.
Communication écrite > Grèce > Histoire.
Greek language > Alphabet
Greek language > Writing
Greek language > Written Greek
Language and culture
Literacy
Written communication
Greece
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Greek 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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (302 pages)
ISBN:9780195355666
0195355660

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