The Early Alphabet
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The Early Alphabet
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Author : John F. Healey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
The Early Alphabet written by John F. Healey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Alphabet categories.
In this generously illustrated book, John Healey outlines the basic principles of the early alphabet and describes the first attempts at alphabetic writing in the Semitic languages.
The Early Greek Alphabets
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Author : Robert Parker
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2021-08-26
The Early Greek Alphabets written by Robert Parker and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-26 with Literary Criticism categories.
The birth of the Greek alphabet marked a new horizon in the history of writing, as the vowelless Phoenician alphabet was borrowed and adapted to write vowels as well as consonants. Rather than creating a single unchanging new tradition, however, its earliest attestations show a very great degree of diversity, as areas of the Greek-speaking world established their own regional variants. This volume asks how, when, where, by whom and for what purposes Greek alphabetic writing developed. Anne Jeffery's Local Scripts of Archaic Greece (1961), re-issued with a valuable supplement in 1990, was an epoch-making contribution to the study of these issues. But much important new evidence has emerged even since 1987, and debate has continued energetically about all the central issues raised by Jeffery's book: the date at which the Phoenician script was taken over and adapted to write vowels with separate signs; the priority of Phrygia or Greece in that process; the question whether the adaptation happened once, and the resulting alphabet then spread outwards, or whether similar adaptations occurred independently in several paces; if the adaptation was a single event, the region where it occurred, and the explanation for the many divergences in local script; what the scripts tell us about the regional divisions of archaic Greece. There has also been a flourishing debate about the development and functions of literacy in archaic Greece. The contributors to this volume bring a range of perspectives to bear in revisiting Jeffery's legacy, including chapters which extend the scope beyond Jeffery, by considering the fortunes of the Greek alphabet in Etruria, in southern Italy, and on coins.
Understanding Relations Between Scripts Ii
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Author : Philippa M. Steele
language : en
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Release Date : 2019-10-10
Understanding Relations Between Scripts Ii written by Philippa M. Steele and has been published by Oxbow Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
Contexts of and Relations between Early Writing Systems (CREWS) is a project funded by the European Research Council under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 677758), and based in the Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge. Understanding Relations Between Scripts II: Early Alphabets is the first volume in this series, bringing together ten experts on ancient writing, languages and archaeology to present a set of diverse studies on the early development of alphabetic writing systems and their spread across the Levant and Mediterranean during the second and first millennia BC. By taking an interdisciplinary perspective, it sheds new light on alphabetic writing not just as a tool for recording language but also as an element of culture.
Early History Of The Alphabet
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Author : Joseph Naveh
language : en
Publisher: Brill
Release Date : 1982
Early History Of The Alphabet written by Joseph Naveh and has been published by Brill this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with History categories.
Alphabetic writing is one of the principal features of Western culture. Our knowledge of the early history, development and spread of the alphabet is constantly changing. This introduction to West Semitic epigraphy and paleography is the author's personal way of introducing this field of study on the basis of the evidence available to date.
The Early Alphabet
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Author : John F. Healey
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1990-01-01
The Early Alphabet written by John F. Healey and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-01-01 with History categories.
00 In this generously illustrated book, John Healey outlines the basic principles of the early alphabet and describes the first attempts at alphabetic writing in the Semitic languages. In this generously illustrated book, John Healey outlines the basic principles of the early alphabet and describes the first attempts at alphabetic writing in the Semitic languages.
Reading The Past
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Author : C. B. Walker
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1990-01-01
Reading The Past written by C. B. Walker and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-01-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Contains six previously published titles brought together in a single volume.
Language Visible
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Author : David Sacks
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2008-12-18
Language Visible written by David Sacks and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12-18 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Letters are tangible language. Joining together in endless combinations to actually show speech, letters convey our messages and tell our stories. While we encounter these tiny shapes hundreds of times a day, we take for granted the long, fascinating history behind one of the most fundamental of human inventions--the alphabet. The heart of the book is the 26 fact-filled “biographies” of letters A through Z, each one identifying the letter’s particular significance for modern readers, tracing its development from ancient forms, and discussing its noteworthy role in literature and other media. We learn, for example, why the letter X has a sinister and sexual aura, how B came to signify second best, why the word “mother” in many languages starts with M, and what is the story of O. Packed with information and lavishly illustrated, Language Visible is not only accessible and entertaining, but essential to the appreciation of our own language.
The Development Of The Early Alphabet
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Author : Gordon James Hamilton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
The Development Of The Early Alphabet written by Gordon James Hamilton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Canaanite language categories.
Inventing The Alphabet
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Author : Johanna Drucker
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2022-08-08
Inventing The Alphabet written by Johanna Drucker and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-08 with History categories.
The first comprehensive intellectual history of alphabet studies. Inventing the Alphabet provides the first account of two-and-a-half millennia of scholarship on the alphabet. Drawing on decades of research, Johanna Drucker dives into sometimes obscure and esoteric references, dispelling myths and identifying a pantheon of little-known scholars who contributed to our modern understandings of the alphabet, one of the most important inventions in human history. Beginning with Biblical tales and accounts from antiquity, Drucker traces the transmission of ancient Greek thinking about the alphabet’s origin and debates about how Moses learned to read. The book moves through the centuries, finishing with contemporary concepts of the letters in alpha-numeric code used for global communication systems. Along the way, we learn about magical and angelic alphabets, antique inscriptions on coins and artifacts, and the comparative tables of scripts that continue through the development of modern fields of archaeology and paleography. This is the first book to chronicle the story of the intellectual history through which the alphabet has been “invented” as an object of scholarship.
Significance Of The Alphabet
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Author : Charles V. Kraitsir
language : la
Publisher:
Release Date : 1846
Significance Of The Alphabet written by Charles V. Kraitsir and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1846 with Alphabet categories.