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The Ancient Languages of Mesopotamia, Egypt and Aksum

By Roger D. Woodard

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2008
ISBN
0521684978, 9780521684972
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10229724 bytes)
Pages
272\138
Orientation
no
Paginated
no
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2017-04-16 11:48:38
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Description

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.

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