| Description |
1 online resource (iv, 231 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Contexts of and relations between early writing systems ; vol. 1 |
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Contexts of and relations between early writing systems ; v. 1
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| Contents |
Introduction : issues in studying early alphabets -- A 'top-down' re-invention of an old form : Cuneiform alphabets in context -- Variation in alphabetic cuneiform : rethinking the 'Phoenician' inscription from Sarepta -- Ancient Egypt and the earliest known stages of alphabetic writing -- Much ado about an implement! -- the Phoenicianising of early alphabetic -- Vowel representation in the archaic Greek and old Aramaic scripts : a comparative orthographic and phonological examination -- Mother or sister? Rethinking the origins of the Greek alphabet and its relation to the other 'western' alphabets -- The development of Greek alphabets : fluctuations and standardisations -- Between scripts and languages : inscribed intricacies from geometric and archaic Greek contexts -- The matter of voice -- the Umbrian perspective -- Writings in network? The case of Palaeohispanic scripts |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 28, 2019) |
| Subject |
Alphabet -- History -- To 1500
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Writing -- History -- To 1500
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HISTORY / Ancient / General
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Alphabet
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Writing
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Steele, Philippa M., 1983- editor
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Boyes, Philip J., editor
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| ISBN |
9781789250930 |
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1789250935 |
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9781789250954 |
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1789250951 |
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