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Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages by Roger D. Woodard (2004, Hardcover)
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Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages, Hardcover by Woodard, Roger D. (EDT), ISBN 0521562562, ISBN-13 9780521562560, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Examines the writing systems, morphology, phonology, syntax, and lexicon of ancient languages.
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PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521562562
ISBN-139780521562560
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Number of Pages1180 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameCambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages
Publication Year2004
SubjectLinguistics / Historical & Comparative, Linguistics / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines
AuthorRoger D. Woodard
FormatHardcover
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Item Weight98.9 Oz
Item Length10 in
Item Width7.7 in
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LCCN2004-300911
Reviews"Woodard has done the scholarly world a great service. [...]This book fills a distinct void...Highly recommended." Library Journal, 'I have taken my time over reviewing this title simply because I found it so fascinating that I kept being sidetracked into other languages ... One thing that any broad-ranging reference book compiled to rigorously applied standard criteria does is to put the familiar into a new perspective: so the chapters on Latin and Greek treat those two 'major''languages in the same way as the others and allow, in fact encourage, genuinely comparative study ... the level of detail given in this handbook will satisfy many requirements ... academic in the best sense.' Reference Reviews, 'This tome on our world's ancient communication offers a detailed and practical insight into each language, including writing, phonology and lexicon.' Good Book Guide, 'Every serious library should have a copy in its reference collection, and many serious scholars will enjoy dipping into it and finding out just how linguistically diverse the ancient world really was.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 'Written and organized clearly and concisely, this scholarly work contains a wealth of information about the languages of antiquity ... Essential.' Choice, "Written and organized clearly and concisely, this scholarly work contains a wealth of information about the languages of antiquity...Essential." Choice, 'A practical amd useful overview... we may well congratulate the editor with a really encylopaedic work...' Boekbesprekingen, 'I have taken my time over reviewing this title simply because I found it so fascinating that I kept being sidetracked into other languages ... One thing that any broad-ranging reference book compiled to rigorously applied standard criteria does is to put the familiar into a new perspective: so the chapters on Latin and Greek treat those two 'major' languages in the same way as the others and allow, in fact encourage, genuinely comparative study ... the level of detail given in this handbook will satisfy many requirements ... academic in the best sense.' Reference Reviews, ‘Every serious library should have a copy in its reference collection, and many serious scholars will enjoy dipping into it and finding out just how linguistically diverse the ancient world really was.‘Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 'Woodard has done the scholarly world a great service … This book fills a distinct void … Highly recommended.' Library Journal, ‘I have taken my time over reviewing this title simply because I found it so fascinating that I kept being sidetracked into other languages … One thing that any broad-ranging reference book compiled to rigorously applied standard criteria does is to put the familiar into a new perspective: so the chapters on Latin and Greek treat those two ‘major'‘languages in the same way as the others and allow, in fact encourage, genuinely comparative study … the level of detail given in this handbook will satisfy many requirements … academic in the best sense.‘Reference Reviews, ‘Written and organized clearly and concisely, this scholarly work contains a wealth of information about the languages of antiquity … Essential.‘Choice, 'Written and organized clearly and concisely, this scholarly work contains a wealth of information about the languages of antiquity … Essential.' Choice, ‘Woodard has done the scholarly world a great service … This book fills a distinct void … Highly recommended.‘Library Journal, 'I have taken my time over reviewing this title simply because I found it so fascinating that I kept being sidetracked into other languages … One thing that any broad-ranging reference book compiled to rigorously applied standard criteria does is to put the familiar into a new perspective: so the chapters on Latin and Greek treat those two 'major''languages in the same way as the others and allow, in fact encourage, genuinely comparative study … the level of detail given in this handbook will satisfy many requirements … academic in the best sense.' Reference Reviews, ‘This tome on our world’s ancient communication offers a detailed and practical insight into each language, including writing, phonology and lexicon.’Good Book Guide, 'Woodard has done the scholarly world a great service ... This book fills a distinct void ... Highly recommended.' Library Journal
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Table Of Content1. Introduction Roger D. Woodard; 2. Sumerian Piotr Michalowski; 3. Elamite Matthew W. Stolper; 4. Hurrian Gernot Wilhelm; 5. Urartian Gernot Wilhelm; 6. Afro-Asiatic John Huehnergard; 7. Egyptian and Coptic Antonio Loprieno; 8. Akkadian and Eblaite John Huehnergard and Christopher Woods; 9. Ugaritic Dennis Pardee; 10. Hebrew P. Kyle McCarter, Jr.; 11. Phoenician and Punic Jo Ann Hackett; 12. Canaanite Dialects Dennis Pardee; 13. Aramaic Stuart Creason; 14. Ge'ez (Aksum) Gene Gragg; 15. Old South Arabian Norbert Nebes and Peter Stein; 16. Ancient North Arabian M. C. A. Macdonald; 17. Indo-European Henry M. Hoenigswald and J. P. T. Clackson; 18. Hittite Calvert Watkins; 19. Luvian H. Craig Melchert; 20. Palaic H. Craig Melchert; 21. Lycian H. Craig Melchert; 22. Lydian H. Craig Melchert; 23. Carian H. Craig Melchert; 24. Attic Greek Roger D. Woodard; 25. Greek Dialects Roger D. Woodard; 26. Sanskrit Stephanie W. Jamison; 27. Middle Indic Stephanie W. Jamison; 28. Old Persian Rüdiger Schmitt; 29. Avestan Mark Hale; 30. Pahlavi Mark Hale; 31. Phrygian Claude Brixhe; 32. Latin J. P. T. Clackson; 33. Sabellian Rex E. Wallace; 34. Venetic Rex E. Wallace; 35. Continental Celtic Joseph F. Eska; 36. Gothic Jay H. Jasanoff; 37. Early Northwest Germanic Jan Terje Faarlund; 38. Classical Armenia J. P. T. Clackson; 39. Etruscan Helmut Rix; 40. Early Georgian Kevin Tuite; 41. Ancient Chinese Alain Peyraube; 42. Old Tamil Sanford B. Steever; 43. Mayan Victoria R. Bricker; 44. Epi-Olmec Terrence Kaufman and John Justeson; 45. Reconstructed Ancient Languages Don Ringe.
SynopsisCHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of 2006 The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages is the first comprehensive reference work treating all of the languages of antiquity. Clear and systematic in its approach, the Encyclopedia combines full linguistic coverage of all the well-documented ancient languages, representing numerous language families from around the globe. Each chapter focuses on an individual language or, in some instances, a set of closely related varieties of a language. Providing a full descriptive presentation, each of these chapters examines the writing system(s), phonology, morphology, syntax and lexicon of that language, and places the language within its proper linguistic and historical context. The Encyclopedia brings together an international array of scholars, each a leading specialist in ancient language study. While designed primarily for linguistic professionals and students, this work is invaluable to all whose studies take them into the realm of ancient language. Roger D. Woodard is the Andrew V.V. Raymond Professor of Classics at the State University of New York, Buffalo. He previously served on the faculties of Classics and/or Linguistics at the University of Southern California, Johns Hopkins University and Swarthmore College. Among his other books are Greek Writing from Knossos to Homer: A Linguistic Interpretation of the Origin of the Greek Alphabet (Oxford, 1997) and co-author of Ovid's Fasti ( Penguin, 2000). He is a member of the Linguistic Society of America and the American Philological Association., The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages is the first comprehensive reference work treating all of the languages of antiquity. Clear and systematic in its approach, the Encyclopedia combines full linguistic coverage of all the well documented ancient languages, representing numerous language families from around the globe., The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages is the first comprehensive reference work treating all of the languages of antiquity. Clear and systematic in its approach, the Encyclopedia combines full linguistic coverage of all the well documented ancient languages, representing numerous language families from around the globe. Each chapter of the work focuses on an individual language or, in some instances, a set of closely related varieties of a language. Providing a full descriptive presentation, each of these chapters examines the writing system(s), phonology, morphology, syntax and lexicon of that language, and places the language within its proper linguistic and historical context. The Encyclopedia brings together an international array of scholars, each a leading specialist in ancient language study. While designed primarily for linguistic professionals and students, this work will prove invaluable to all whose studies take them into the realm of ancient language.
LC Classification NumberP371 .C357 2004
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