Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Steele, Philippa M., 1983-

Publication

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Holdings

Details

Description

xx, 279 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Summary

The first comprehensive treatment of the languages and scripts of Cyprus, from the Late Bronze Age to the Hellenistic Period.

Series Statement

Cambridge classical studies

Uniform Title

Cambridge classical studies.

Subject

• Cyprus > Languages
• Inscriptions, Cypro-Minoan
• Inscriptions, Phoenician > Cyprus
• Phoenician language > Cyprus

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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: Tthe 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.

ISBN

• 9781107042865 (alk. paper)
• 1107042860 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2013035750

OCLC

857754280

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library