The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages

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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages is the first comprehensive reference work treating all of the languages of antiquity. Clear and systematic in its approach, the Encyclopedia combines full linguistic coverage of all the well-documented ancient languages, representing numerous language families from around the globe. Each chapter 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 Encyclopedia brings together an international array of scholars, each a leading specialist in ancient language study. While designed primarily for linguistic professionals and students, this work is invaluable to all whose studies take them into the realm of ancient language.
Roger D. Woodard is the Andrew V.V. Raymond Professor of Classics at the State University of New York, Buffalo. He previously served on the faculties of Classics and/or Linguistics at the University of Southern California, Johns Hopkins University and Swarthmore College. Among his other books are Greek Writing from Knossos to Homer: A Linguistic Interpretation of the Origin of the Greek Alphabet (Oxford, 1997) and co-author of Ovid's Fasti ( Penguin, 2000). He is a member of the Linguistic Society of America and the American Philological Association.

An authoritative reference work on the ancient languages of the world - the first of its kind
Makes widely accessible much generally inaccessible knowledge
Comprehensive, thorough and systematic - the languages are treated in a uniform and coherent way

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1. Introduction Roger D. Woodard
2. Sumerian Piotr Michalowski
3. Elamite Matthew W. Stolper
4. Hurrian Gernot Wilhelm
5. Urartian Gernot Wilhelm
6. Afro-Asiatic John Huehnergard
7. Egyptian and Coptic Antonio Loprieno
8. Akkadian and Eblaite John Huehnergard and Christopher Woods
9. Ugaritic Dennis Pardee
10. Hebrew P. Kyle McCarter, Jr.
11. Phoenician and Punic Jo Ann Hackett
12. Canaanite Dialects Dennis Pardee
13. Aramaic Stuart Creason
14. Ge'ez (Aksum) Gene Gragg
15. Old South Arabian Norbert Nebes and Peter Stein
16. Ancient North Arabian M. C. A. Macdonald
17. Indo-European Henry M. Hoenigswald and J. P. T. Clackson
18. Hittite Calvert Watkins
19. Luvian H. Craig Melchert
20. Palaic H. Craig Melchert
21. Lycian H. Craig Melchert
22. Lydian H. Craig Melchert
23. Carian H. Craig Melchert
24. Attic Greek Roger D. Woodard
25. Greek Dialects Roger D. Woodard
26. Sanskrit Stephanie W. Jamison
27. Middle Indic Stephanie W. Jamison
28. Old Persian Rüdiger Schmitt
29. Avestan Mark Hale
30. Pahlavi Mark Hale
31. Phrygian Claude Brixhe
32. Latin J. P. T. Clackson
33. Sabellian Rex E. Wallace
34. Venetic Rex E. Wallace
35. Continental Celtic Joseph F. Eska
36. Gothic Jay H. Jasanoff
37. Early Northwest Germanic Jan Terje Faarlund
38. Classical Armenia J. P. T. Clackson
39. Etruscan Helmut Rix
40. Early Georgian Kevin Tuite
41. Ancient Chinese Alain Peyraube
42. Old Tamil Sanford B. Steever
43. Mayan Victoria R. Bricker
44. Epi-Olmec Terrence Kaufman and John Justeson
45. Reconstructed Ancient Languages Don Ringe.

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Roger D. Woodard, Piotr Michalowski, Matthew W. Stolper, Gernot Wilhelm, John Huehnergard, Antonio Loprieno, Christopher Woods, Dennis Pardee, P. Kyle McCarter, Jr., Jo Ann Hackett, Stuart Creason, Gene Gragg, Norbert Nebes, Peter Stein, M.C.A. Macdonald, Henry M. Hoenigswald, J.P.T. Clackson, Calvert Watkins, H. Craig Melchert, Stephanie W. Jamison, Rüdiger Schmitt, Mark Hale, Claude Brixhe, Rex E. Wallace, Joseph F. Eska, Jay H. Jasanoff, Jan Terje Faarlund, Helmut Rix, Kevin Tuite, Alain Peyraube, Sanford B. Steever, Victoria R. Bricker, Terrence Kaufman, John Justeson, Don Ringe

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Roger D. Woodard , State University of New York, Buffalo
Roger D. Woodard is the Andrew V. V. Raymond Professor of the Classics at the University of Buffalo. Among his other books are Greek Writing from Knossos to Homer: A Linguistic Interpretation of the Origin of the Greek Alphabet (1997, Oxford); Ovid's Fasti (with A. J. Boyle, 2000, Penguin); and On Interpreting Morphological Change (1990, Gieben).

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