Early Civilization and Literacy in Europe : : An Inquiry into Cultural Continuity in the Mediterranean World / / ed. by Harald Haarmann.
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics 1990 - 1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2012] ©1996 |
Year of Publication: | 2012 |
Edition: | Reprint 2012 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Approaches to Semiotics [AS] ,
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (207 p.) :; Num. figs. tabs. and maps |
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Table of Contents:
- i-iv
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Iconography, symbolism and writing at the dawn of civilization – Old Europe from the seventh to the fourth millennia B.C.
- 2. The organizing principles of Old European writing – Motivated and arbitrary symbols and their affinity with the mythical symbolism
- 3. Writing from Old Europe to ancient Crete – A case of cultural continuity
- 4. Literacy in ancient Crete – On the social functions of linear and hieroglyphic writing
- 5. The Cretan legacy in the East: Writing systems in the multilingual society of ancient Cyprus
- 6. The spread of European writing beyond ancient Cyprus – The influence of Aegean and Cypriot literacy in Asia Minor and the Near East
- 7. On the three ways of writing the oldest literary language in the world: Greek
- 8. The impact of Aegean culture on the western periphery – The case of the Lipari script and the role of Etruscan writing in Italy
- Conclusion: Giving profile to a new paradigm for research into antiquity
- Bibliography
- Illustrations, figures, tables and maps
- Index