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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankTHEANCIENTLANGUAGESOFASIAANDTHEAMERICASThisbook,derivedfromtheacclaimedCambridgeEncyclopediaoftheWorld’sAncientLanguages,describestheancientlanguagesofAsiaandtheAmericas,fortheconvenienceofstudentsandspecialistsworkinginthatarea.Eachchapteroftheworkfocusesonanind
2、ividuallanguageor,insomeinstances,asetofcloselyrelatedvarietiesofalanguage.Pro-vidingafulldescriptivepresentation,eachofthesechaptersexaminesthewritingsystem(s),phonology,morphology,syntax,andlexiconofthatlanguage,andplacesthelanguagewithinitsproperlinguisticandhistoricalcontext.Thevolumebrin
3、gstogetheraninternationalar-rayofscholars,eachaleadingspecialistinancientlanguagestudy.Whiledesignedprimarilyforscholarsandstudentsoflinguistics,thisworkwillproveinvaluabletoallwhosestudiestakethemintotherealmofancientlanguage.RogerD.WoodardistheAndrewVanVrankenRaymondProfessoroftheClassicsat
4、theUniversityofBuffalo.HischiefresearchinterestsliegenerallywithintheareasofGreekandRomanmythandreligion,Indo-Europeancultureandlinguistics,theoriginanddevelop-mentofwritingamongtheGreeks,andtheinteractionbetweenGreeceandtheancientNearEast.HisotherbooksincludeTheCambridgeCompaniontoGreekMytho
5、logy(2007),Indo-EuropeanSacredSpace(2006),TheCambridgeEncyclopediaoftheWorld’sAncientLanguages(2004),Ovid’sFasti(withA.J.Boyle,2000),GreekWritingfromKnossostoHomer:ALinguisticInterpretationoftheOriginsoftheGreekAlphabet(1997),andOnInterpretingMorphologicalChange(1990).Hehasalsopublishednumero
6、usarticlesandservedasPresidentoftheSocietyfortheStudyofGreekandLatinLanguageandLinguisticsfrom1992to2001.TheAncientLanguagesofAsiaandtheAmericasEditedbyrogerd.woodardCAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESSCambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,SãoPauloCambridgeUniversityPressTheEdinburghBuild
7、ing,CambridgeCB28RU,UKPublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYorkwww.cambridge.orgInformationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521684941©CambridgeUniversityPress2008Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexce