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Phoinikēia Grammata: An Alphabet for the Greek Language

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationA Companion to the Ancient Greek Language
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
Pages25-46
Number of pages22
ISBN (Print)9781405153263
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2 2010

Keywords

  • "acrophonic" method - in inventory of Semitic graphemes (letters), value of single consonant each
  • Adapting Phoenician alphabet
  • Consonantal orthographic strategy - as evidence of West Semitic writing expanding beyond Egypt
  • Greek appropriation of Phoenician script - "radical" from a systemic perspective
  • Greek inscriptional practices of word-division and syllable-division doctrine of Greek grammarians
  • Idea that culture of Greek Rhodes - early intersected with Phoenician orthography, an old idea
  • Latter type of Egyptian symbol, the phonetic - only consonants - not vowels consisting of three subtypes
  • List of Phoenician and Greek scripts
  • Phoinikēia Grammata - an alphabet for Greek Language
  • Proto-Sinaitic inscriptions - preservation of a form of West Semitic spoken by persons involved

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