"Oscan was spoken in Southern Italy in the second half of the first millennium BC. Here, for the first time, all the evidence for the spelling of Oscan in the Greek alphabet is collected and examined. Understanding the orthography of these inscriptions has far-reaching implications for the hist...

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1. Verfasser:	Zair, Nicholas 1982- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge ; New York Cambridge University Press 2016
Schriftenreihe:	Cambridge classical studies
Schlagworte:	FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Ancient Languages (see also Latin) Geschichte Oscan language > Orthography and spelling Inscriptions, Oscan > Italy, Southern Oscan language > Italy, Southern > History Alphabet Oskisch Griechisch
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Zusammenfassung:	"Oscan was spoken in Southern Italy in the second half of the first millennium BC. Here, for the first time, all the evidence for the spelling of Oscan in the Greek alphabet is collected and examined. Understanding the orthography of these inscriptions has far-reaching implications for the historical phonology and morphology of Oscan and the Italic languages (for example providing unique evidence for the reconstruction of the genitive plural). A striking discovery is the lack of a standardised orthography for Oscan in the Greek alphabet, which seriously problematises attempts to date inscriptions by assuming the consistent chronological development of spelling features. There are also intriguing insights into the linguistic situation in South Italy. Rather than a separate community of Oscan-speakers who had adopted and subsequently adapted the Greek alphabet in isolation, we should posit groups who were in touch with contemporary developments in Greek orthography due to widespread Greek-Oscan bilingualism"...
Beschreibung:	xiv, 260 Seiten
ISBN:	9781107068926