Ancient Languages of Asia and the Americas

Name: Ancient Languages of Asia and the Americas
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ISBN: 9780521684941

ISBN-10: 0521684943

ISBN-13: 9780521684941

Edition: 2008

Authors: Roger D. Woodard

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This book, derived from the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Worlds 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…

Book details

List price: $67.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/10/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 286
Size: 7.44" wide x 9.57" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



List of figures


List of tables


List of maps


List of contributors


Notes on numbering and cross-referencing


List of abbreviations


Preface



Preface to the first edition




Language in ancient Asia and the Americas: an introduction




Sanskrit




Middle Indic




Old Tamil




Old Persian




Avestan




Pahlavi




Ancient Chinese




Mayan




Epi-Olmec (Zapotec appendix)




Reconstructed ancient languages




Full tables of contents from The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages, and from the other volumes in the paperback series


Index of general subjects


Index of grammar and linguistics


Index of languages


Index of named linguistic laws and principles