Title A linguistic history of ancient Cyprus : the non-Greek languages and their relations with Greek, c.1600-300 BC / Philippa M. Steele

Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 279 pages) : illustrations Series Cambridge classical studies Cambridge classical studies. Contents Cypro-minoan: The Cypro-Minoan corpus -- Defining Cypro-Minoan and establishing the corpus -- Decipherment attempts -- The chronological and geographical distribution of Cypro-Minoan -- Epigraphic analysis -- The categorisation of the script(s) -- The origins of Cypro-Minoan -- Sign values -- The language(s) of the Cypro-Minoan inscriptions -- Lexicology and syntax -- Morphology -- Phonology -- Onomastics -- Linguistic affinities -- Cypro-Minoan in context -- The spread of Cypro-Minoan literacy -- The population of late bronze age Cyprus -- Cypro-Minoan case study: the Opheltau inscription -- Eteocypriot: The Eteocypriot corpus -- Early scholarship on Eteocypriot -- Defining Eteocypriot and establishing the corpus -- The chronological and geographical distribution of Eteocypriot -- The Eteocypriot language -- Lexicology -- Morphology -- Phonology -- Onomastics -- Linguistic affinities -- Eteocypriot in context: Eteocypriot at Amathus -- Eteocypriot case study: the Amathus bilingual -- Phoenician: The Cypriot Phoenician corpus -- The chronological distribution of Cypriot Phoenician -- The geographical distribution of Cypriot Phoenician -- Dialectal features -- Phoenician in contact -- Bilingual inscriptions -- Loanwords -- Onomastics -- Phoenician in context: Phoenician at Kition -- Phoenician case study: Baal of Lebanon bronze bowl -- Inscriptions Summary The first comprehensive treatment of the languages and scripts of Cyprus, from the Late Bronze Age to the Hellenistic Period Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record Subject Inscriptions, Cypro-Minoan. Phoenician language -- Cyprus Inscriptions, Phoenician -- Cyprus FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Arabic. Inscriptions, Cypro-Minoan Inscriptions, Phoenician Language and languages Phoenician language Sprache SUBJECT Cyprus -- Languages Subject Cyprus Türkischer Föderationsstaat von Zypern Cyprus. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781461953852 1461953855 9781107337558 1107337550 9781107497382 1107497388 9781107506695 1107506697 9781107617414 1107617413

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