Exploring Writing Systems and Practices in the Bronze Age Aegean
Exploring Writing Systems and Practices in the Bronze Age Aegean
Steele, Philippa M
Oxbow Books
10/2023
192
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Inglês
9781789259018
15 a 20 dias
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Acknowledgements
List of Tables and Figures
Introduction
Cretan Hieroglyphic, Linear A and Linear B (and their Cypriot cousins)
Chronology
Theoretical perspectives and terminology
1: Exploring script adoption
How do we know that Linear B adopted Linear A syllabographic sign values with little change?
Can we use Linear B sign values or structural features to reconstruct Minoan phonology or other linguistic features?
How should we understand the nature of the transition from Linear A to B?
2: Exploring logography
Classifying signs in writing systems
Linear B
Linear A
Cretan Hieroglyphic
Understanding logography in the Bronze Age Aegean
3: Exploring vitality
Cretan Hieroglyphic
Linear A
Linear B
Syllabic writing in Cyprus
Relationships between writing and language vitality
The vitality of writing traditions
Epilogue: writing for the future
Bibliography
List of Tables and Figures
Introduction
Cretan Hieroglyphic, Linear A and Linear B (and their Cypriot cousins)
Chronology
Theoretical perspectives and terminology
1: Exploring script adoption
How do we know that Linear B adopted Linear A syllabographic sign values with little change?
Can we use Linear B sign values or structural features to reconstruct Minoan phonology or other linguistic features?
How should we understand the nature of the transition from Linear A to B?
2: Exploring logography
Classifying signs in writing systems
Linear B
Linear A
Cretan Hieroglyphic
Understanding logography in the Bronze Age Aegean
3: Exploring vitality
Cretan Hieroglyphic
Linear A
Linear B
Syllabic writing in Cyprus
Relationships between writing and language vitality
The vitality of writing traditions
Epilogue: writing for the future
Bibliography
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Archaeological Method & Theory/Theory; Bronze Age; Early Modern & Modern Humanities & Cultures/Language & Literature; Greece; inscriptions; interdisciplinary; linguistic; social; syllabus; systems; writing
Acknowledgements
List of Tables and Figures
Introduction
Cretan Hieroglyphic, Linear A and Linear B (and their Cypriot cousins)
Chronology
Theoretical perspectives and terminology
1: Exploring script adoption
How do we know that Linear B adopted Linear A syllabographic sign values with little change?
Can we use Linear B sign values or structural features to reconstruct Minoan phonology or other linguistic features?
How should we understand the nature of the transition from Linear A to B?
2: Exploring logography
Classifying signs in writing systems
Linear B
Linear A
Cretan Hieroglyphic
Understanding logography in the Bronze Age Aegean
3: Exploring vitality
Cretan Hieroglyphic
Linear A
Linear B
Syllabic writing in Cyprus
Relationships between writing and language vitality
The vitality of writing traditions
Epilogue: writing for the future
Bibliography
List of Tables and Figures
Introduction
Cretan Hieroglyphic, Linear A and Linear B (and their Cypriot cousins)
Chronology
Theoretical perspectives and terminology
1: Exploring script adoption
How do we know that Linear B adopted Linear A syllabographic sign values with little change?
Can we use Linear B sign values or structural features to reconstruct Minoan phonology or other linguistic features?
How should we understand the nature of the transition from Linear A to B?
2: Exploring logography
Classifying signs in writing systems
Linear B
Linear A
Cretan Hieroglyphic
Understanding logography in the Bronze Age Aegean
3: Exploring vitality
Cretan Hieroglyphic
Linear A
Linear B
Syllabic writing in Cyprus
Relationships between writing and language vitality
The vitality of writing traditions
Epilogue: writing for the future
Bibliography
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