A linguistic history of ancient Cyprus : : the non-Greek languages and their relations with Greek, c. 1600-300 BC / / Philippa M. Steele.

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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge : : Cambridge University Press,, 2013.
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Cambridge classical studies
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Physical Description:1 online resource (302 pages) :; illustrations, maps.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cypro-minoan: The Cypro-Minoan corpus
  • Defining Cypro-Minoan and establishing the corpus
  • Decipherment attempts
  • The chronological and geographical distribution of Cypro-Minoan
  • Epigraphic analysis
  • The categorisation of the script(s)
  • The origins of Cypro-Minoan
  • Sign values
  • The language(s) of the Cypro-Minoan inscriptions
  • Lexicology and syntax
  • Morphology
  • Phonology
  • Onomastics
  • Linguistic affinities
  • Cypro-Minoan in context
  • The spread of Cypro-Minoan literacy
  • The population of late bronze age Cyprus
  • Cypro-Minoan case study: the Opheltau inscription
  • Eteocypriot: The Eteocypriot corpus
  • Early scholarship on Eteocypriot
  • Defining Eteocypriot and establishing the corpus
  • The chronological and geographical distribution of Eteocypriot
  • The Eteocypriot language
  • Lexicology
  • Morphology
  • Phonology
  • Onomastics
  • Linguistic affinities
  • Eteocypriot in context: Eteocypriot at Amathus
  • Eteocypriot case study: the Amathus bilingual
  • Phoenician: Tthe Cypriot Phoenician corpus
  • The chronological distribution of Cypriot Phoenician
  • The geographical distribution of Cypriot Phoenician
  • Dialectal features
  • Phoenician in contact
  • Bilingual inscriptions
  • Loanwords
  • Onomastics
  • Phoenician in context: Phoenician at Kition
  • Phoenician case study: Baal of Lebanon bronze bowl
  • Inscriptions.