The ancient languages of Asia and the Americas
This book, derived from the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages, describes the ancient languages of Asia and the Americas, 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
Lehrbuch
xix, 264 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
9780521684941, 9780511486838, 0521684943, 0511486839
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Language in ancient Asia and the Americas : an introduction / Roger D. Woodard
Sanskrit / Stephanie W. Jamison
Middle Indic / Stephanie W. Jamison
Old Tamil / Sanford B. Steever
Old Persian / Rüdiger Schmitt
Avestan / Mark Hale
Pahlavi / Mark Hale
Ancient Chinese / Alain Peyraube
Mayan / Victoria R. Bricker
Epi-Olmec (Zapotec appendix) / Terrence Kaufman and John Justeson
Appendix 1. Reconstructed ancient languages / Don Ringe
Appendix 2. Full tables of contents from The Cambridge encyclopedia of the world's ancient languages, and from the other volumes in the paperback series
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