Greek writing from Knossos to Homer : a linguistic interpretation of the origin of the Greek alphabet and the continuity of ancient Greek literacy

Certain characteristic features of the Cypriot script - for example, its strategy for representing consonant sequences and elements of Cypriot Greek phonology - were transferred to the new alphabetic script. Proposing a Cypriot origin of the alphabet at the hands of previously literate adapters brin...

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Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press , 2010
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Online Access:Volltext
Author Notes:Roger D. Woodard
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