The Ancient Languages of Mesopotamia, Egypt and Aksum

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-521-68497-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 536 g

This book, derived from the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages, describes the ancient languages of Mesopotamia, Egypt and Aksum, for the convenience of students and specialists working in that area. Each chapter of the work focuses on an individual language or, in some instances, a set of closely related varieties of a language. Providing a full descriptive presentation, each of these chapters examines the writing system(s), phonology, morphology, syntax and lexicon of that language, and places the language within its proper linguistic and historical context. The volume brings together an international array of scholars, each a leading specialist in ancient language study. While designed primarily for scholars and students of linguistics, this work will prove invaluable to all whose studies take them into the realm of ancient language.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Woodard, Roger D.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Editor's foreword Roger D. Woodard; 1. Language in ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt and Aksum: an introduction Roger D. Woodard; 2. Sumerian Piotr Michalowski; 3. Elamite Matthew W. Stolper; 4. Akkadian and Eblaite John Huehnergard and Christopher Woods; 5. Egyptian and Coptic Antonio Loprieno; 6. Ge'ez (Aksum) Gene Gragg; Appendix 1. Full table of contents from The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages.

Über Autor(innen)

Woodard, Roger D.
Roger D. Woodard is the Andrew Van Vranken Raymond Professor of the Classics at the University of Buffalo. His numerous publications include The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages (2004).