The Ancient Languages of Asia and the Americas
Author:   Roger D. Woodard (State University of New York, Buffalo)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date:   01 September 2010
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The Ancient Languages of Asia and the Americas


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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.

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Author:   Roger D. Woodard (State University of New York, Buffalo)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
Weight:   0.100kg
ISBN:  

9780511486838


ISBN 10:   0511486839
Publication Date:   01 September 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
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Editor's foreword Roger D. Woodard; 1. Language in ancient Asia and the Americas: an introduction Roger D. Woodard; 2. Sanskrit Stephanie W. Jamison; 3. Middle Indic Stephanie W. Jamison; 4. Old Tamil Sanford B. Steever; 5. Old Persian Rüdiger Schmitt; 6. Avestan Mark Hale; 7. Pahlavi Mark Hale; 8. Ancient Chinese Alain Peyraube; 9. Mayan Victoria R. Bricker; 10. Epi-Olmec (Zapotec Appendix) Terrence Kaufman and John Justeson; Appendix 1. Reconstructed ancient languages Don Ringe; Appendix 2. Full table of contents from The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages.

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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).

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