Linguistic History of Ancient Cyprus - The Non-Greek Languages, and Their Relations With Greek, C.1600-300 Bc

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

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Cypro-Minoan; 2. Eteocypriot; 3. Phoenician; Conclusion.

About the author

Philippa M. Steele is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow based in the Faculty of Classics, Cambridge, and a Fellow of Magdalene College and Director of Studies in Classics at Wolfson College. In 2013–14 she gave the annual Evans-Pritchard Lectures at All Souls College, Oxford, on the theme of 'Society and Writing in Ancient Cyprus'. She is the editor of Syllabic Writing on Cyprus and its Context (Cambridge University Press, 2013). A Linguistic History of Ancient Cyprus is a publication of her doctoral research, which won the University of Cambridge's prestigious Hare Prize.

Summary

A pioneering interdisciplinary study of the languages and writing systems of ancient Cyprus, covering a broad time-span (1600–300 BC) and considering not only the languages themselves but also the relationship between them, as well as their social and historical context.

Product details

• Authors: Philippa M Steele, Philippa M. Steele, Philippa M. (Magdalene College Steele, Steele Philippa M.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9781107617414
• ISBN: 978-1-107-61741-4
• No. of pages: 299
• Series: Cambridge Classical Studies; Cambridge Classical Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Ancient World, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Cyprus, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Historical & comparative linguistics, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Palaeography (History Of Writing), BCE to c 500 CE, Semitic Languages, BCE period – Protohistory, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology, Other Languages, Historical and comparative linguistics, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Ancient Languages