The Ancient Languages of Mesopotamia, Egypt and Aksum
The Ancient Languages of Mesopotamia, Egypt and Aksum
$75.00
USDThis book, derived from the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages, describes the ancient languages of Mesopotamia, Egypt and Aksum, 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.
- An authoritative reference work to the ancient languages of Mesopotamia, Egypt and Aksum
- This convenient, portable paperback retains the award-winning page layout of the original Encyclopedia
- Includes a new introduction specific to this geographical area
Product details
May 2008Paperback
9780521684972
272 pages
245 × 189 × 19 mm
0.63kg
1 map 14 tables
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Table of Contents
- Editor's foreword Roger D. Woodard
- 1. Language in ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt and Aksum: an introduction Roger D. Woodard
- 2. Sumerian Piotr Michalowski
- 3. Elamite Matthew W. Stolper
- 4. Akkadian and Eblaite John Huehnergard and Christopher Woods
- 5. Egyptian and Coptic Antonio Loprieno
- 6. Ge'ez (Aksum) Gene Gragg
- Appendix 1. Full table of contents from The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages.
