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A Companion to Ancient near Eastern Languages
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- PART I WRITING SYSTEMS -- Chapter One The Decipherment of Ancient Near Eastern Languages -- Introduction -- Types of Decipherment -- Processes in Decipherment -- Accoun...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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Newark
: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
, 2020
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| Series: | Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World Ser
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| Online Access: | http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/proquest-ebook-central-altertum/ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bsbfidaltertumswissenschaften/detail.action?docID=6123274 |
| E-Book Packages: | ProQuest Ebook Central : Classical Studies Collection |
| Summary: | Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- PART I WRITING SYSTEMS -- Chapter One The Decipherment of Ancient Near Eastern Languages -- Introduction -- Types of Decipherment -- Processes in Decipherment -- Accounts of Decipherment -- Notes -- References -- Chapter Two The Emergence of Cuneiform Writing -- Introduction -- The Context of Proto-Cuneiform, Its Precursors and Origins -- The Archaic Text Corpus and Cuneiform Script Characteristics -- Structural Organization and Sign Types -- Relationship with Sumerian -- Notes -- References -- Chapter Three The Development of Egyptian Writing in the Fourth and Early Third Millennium bce -- Introduction -- Working Definition of Script and its Relation to Other Graphic Communication Systems -- The Rebus Principle and the Phoneticization of Pictures -- Radical Phoneticization in Graphophonic Writing: Mono-Consonantal Signs -- Developmental Stages of the Early Script in the Nile Valley - a Historical Sketch of the First 500 Years -- The Egyptian Script and its Relation to the Visual Mode of Gestural Communication -- The Question of Language Versus Languages: Multilingualism in the Nile Valley in the Fourth Millennium bce and the Question of the Correlation Between Language - Culture - State(s): -- Standardization and Formalization -- Abandoned Innovations, Removal of Cultural Residue, Breaks in Traditions -- Coda -- Notes -- References -- Chapter Four The Emergence of Alphabetic Scripts -- The Earliest Evidence for the Alphabet and its Iconic Models in Egyptian -- The Broader Usage of Early Alphabetic in the Second Millennium -- The Inventors of the Alphabet: Elite Semites Familiar with the Egyptian Writing System -- The Transition from Early Alphabetic to Phoenician: The Center and the Periphery. Failed Attempts to Label Early Alphabetic Inscriptions as Hebrew or South Arabic -- Notes -- References -- PART II ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN LANGUAGES -- Chapter Five Sumerian -- Introduction -- Sumerian Textual Evidence -- Language Contact -- Varieties of Sumerian -- Sketch of Sumerian Grammar -- Typological Features of Sumerian -- Sumerian Phonology -- Sumerian Morphology -- Sumerian Syntax -- Notes -- References -- Chapter Six Egyptian -- Historical and Cultural Context -- Grammatical Sketch -- Phonology -- Morphology -- Syntax -- References -- Chapter Seven Akkadian -- Introduction -- Akkadian Dialects and Textual Evidence -- Language Contact -- Sketch of Akkadian grammar -- Akkadian Phonology -- Akkadian Morphology -- Syntax -- References -- Chapter Eight Eblaite -- Introduction -- Sketch of Eblaite Grammar -- Eblaite Phonology -- Eblaite Morphology -- Syntax -- References -- Chapter Nine Elamite -- Introduction -- Textual Evidence -- Language Contact -- Sketch of Elamite Grammar -- Phonology -- Morphology -- Syntax -- References -- Chapter Ten Amorite -- Introduction -- Phonology -- Morphology -- Notes -- References -- Chapter Eleven Hurrian -- Introduction -- The Hurrians -- Hurrian Dialects and Textual Evidence -- Distribution of Hurrian Texts -- Sketch of Hurrian Grammar -- Ergativity -- Hurrian Phonology -- Word Class -- Relative Clauses -- References -- Chapter Twelve Hittite -- Introduction and Sociolinguistic Information -- Grammatical Sketch -- Notes -- References -- Chapter Thirteen Luwian -- Textual Evidence -- Sociolinguistic Status of Luwian -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter Fourteen Ugaritic -- Introduction -- Textual Evidence -- Language Contact -- Sketch of Ugaritic Grammar -- Ugaritic Phonology -- Ugaritic Morphology -- Syntax -- Lexicon -- Notes -- References -- Chapter Fifteen Ancient Hebrew -- Introduction. Time of Attestation, Phases and Branches -- Language Affiliation (Language Family, Sub-Group) -- Writing System -- Textual Evidence: Genres, Approximate Number of Texts -- Geographical Setting -- Historical Setting and Language Contact -- Historical and Cultural Factors: The Ancient Scholarly Shaping of Hebrew -- Grammatical Sketch -- References -- Chapter Sixteen Phoenician and Punic -- Introduction -- Textual Evidence -- Language Contact -- Sketch of Phoenician Grammar -- Phoenician Phonology -- Phoenician Morphology -- Lexicon -- Syntax -- References -- Chapter Seventeen Old and Imperial Aramaic -- Introduction and Wider Perspective -- Historical Setting, Language Stages, Textual Evidence, and Text Types -- Language Contact, Social Settings, and Language Use -- Grammatical Sketch -- Phonology and Orthography -- Nominal Morphology and Morphosyntax -- Verbal Morphology and Morphosyntax -- References -- Chapter Eighteen Ancient South Arabian -- Introduction -- Linguistic Differentiation and Affiliation -- Textual Evidence and Writing System -- Language Contact -- Sketch of Sabaic Grammar -- Sabaic Orthography -- Sabaic Phonology -- Sabaic Morphology -- Sabaic Syntax -- Some Features of the Non-Sabaic Languages -- References -- PART III ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN LANGUAGES USED AS ADMINISTRATIVE LANGUAGES OR LINGUAE FRANCAE -- Chapter Nineteen Akkadian as a Lingua Franca -- Notes -- References -- Chapter Twenty Aramaic as Lingua Franca -- General Introduction -- Neo-Assyrian Empire -- Neo-Babylonian Period (626-539 bce) -- Achaemenid Empire (ca. 550-330 bce) -- Post-Achaemenid Period and the Decline of Aramaic as a Lingua Franca -- Notes -- Abbreviations -- References -- PART IV LANGUAGE CONTACT IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST -- Chapter Twenty-One Sumerian and AkkadianLanguage Contact -- Introduction -- Sources and Methodologies for Sumerian-Akkadian Contact. Language Use -- Sociolinguistic History of Sumerian-Semitic Contact -- Contact-Induced Changes -- Final Remarks -- Notes -- References -- Chapter Twenty-Two Language Contact of Ancient Egyptian with Semitic and Other Near Eastern Languages -- Introduction -- Egyptian-Near Eastern Language Contact Until the Middle Bronze Age -- Late Bronze Age -- The Iron Age -- References -- Chapter Twenty-Three Hebrew and Aramaic in Contact -- Introduction: Divergence -- Contact in Pre‐History -- Iron Age Contacts -- Persian Period -- Hellenistic and Roman Periods -- Early Rabbinic Literature -- Notes -- References -- Chapter Twenty-Four Multilingualism and Diglossia in the Ancient Near East -- Introduction -- Multilingualism in the Ancient Near East -- Conclusion -- References -- PART V THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY LANGUAGES AND LITERARY CONTACT -- Chapter Twenty-Five Standard Babylonian -- Introduction -- Early Standard Babylonian and the Late Bronze Age -- Monumental Inscriptions in Babylonia -- Middle Assyrian Developments -- The Evolution of Grammatical Style -- Stability and Change in the First Millennium -- Further Reading -- References -- Chapter Twenty-Six Standardization in Egyptian -- Introduction: Standardization as a Recursive Process -- Egypt's language history -- Establishing the Writing Standard -- Standardizing the language -- Epilogue -- References -- Chapter Twenty-Seven The "Influence" of Sumerian on Hittite Literature -- Influence and Contact -- The status of Sumerian in the Late Bronze Age -- The Use of Sumerian Texts at Hattusa -- Sumerian Literary Texts at Hattusa -- Sumerian Literary Texts and Hittite Translations -- Concluding remarks -- References -- Chapter Twenty-Eight Ancient Near Eastern Literary Influences on Hebrew Literature and the Hebrew Bible -- Introduction -- The Problem of "Literature" -- The Scribal Tradition -- Mesopotamia. Egypt -- Syro-Anatolia -- Conclusion -- References -- Index -- EULA. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (563 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781119193807 |
