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- Book Title
- Oscan in the Greek Alphabet
- Publication Date
- 2016-02-01
- ISBN
- 9781107068926
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
1107068924
ISBN-13
9781107068926
eBay Product ID (ePID)
216018823
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
268 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Oscan in the Greek Alphabet
Subject
Ancient Languages (See Also Latin), Linguistics / General
Publication Year
2016
Type
Language Course
Subject Area
Foreign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines
Series
Cambridge Classical Studies
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
16.2 Oz
Item Length
8.8 in
Item Width
8.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2015-041996
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
479/.9
Table Of Content
1. Introduction; 2. Vowels; 3. Consonants; 4. Influence from the Oscan alphabet; 5. Conclusions; 6. Oscan words discussed in this book.
Synopsis
Oscan was spoken in Southern Italy in the second half of the first millennium BC. Here, for the first time, all the evidence for the spelling of Oscan in the Greek alphabet is collected and examined. Understanding the orthography of these inscriptions has far-reaching implications for the historical phonology and morphology of Oscan and the Italic languages (for example providing unique evidence for the reconstruction of the genitive plural). A striking discovery is the lack of a standardised orthography for Oscan in the Greek alphabet, which seriously problematises attempts to date inscriptions by assuming the consistent chronological development of spelling features. There are also intriguing insights into the linguistic situation in South Italy. Rather than a separate community of Oscan-speakers who had adopted and subsequently adapted the Greek alphabet in isolation, we should posit groups who were in touch with contemporary developments in Greek orthography due to widespread Greek-Oscan bilingualism., Collects and examines the Greek-alphabet inscriptions in Oscan, which was spoken in Southern Italy in the second half of the first millennium BC. It provides new insights into the sociolinguistics, epigraphy and linguistics of ancient Italy, showing that bilingualism involving Greek was key to the evolving use of the alphabet.
LC Classification Number
PA2452
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