Description |
xx, 1162 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 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 RĂ¼diger 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 |
Analysis |
Languages, Ancient - Dictionaries |
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Languages, Ancient - Grammar |
Notes |
Includes indexes |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Languages acquistion
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Linguistics -- Encyclopedias.
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Language acquisition.
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Historical linguistics -- Encyclopedias.
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Language and languages -- Encyclopedias.
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Extinct languages -- Encyclopedias.
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Genre/Form |
Quick Ref. Collection.
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Quick Ref. Collection
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Encyclopedias.
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Encyclopedias.
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Author |
Woodard, Roger D.
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LC no. |
2004300911 |
ISBN |
0521562562 |
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