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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankTHEANCIENTLANGUAGESOFSYRIA-PALESTINEANDARABIAThisbook,derivedfromtheacclaimedCambridgeEncyclopediaoftheWorld’sAncientLan-guages,describestheancientlanguagesofSyria-PalestineandArabia,fortheconvenienceofstudentsandspecialistsworkinginthatarea.Eachchapterof
2、theworkfocusesonanindivid-uallanguageor,insomeinstances,asetofcloselyrelatedvarietiesofalanguage.Providingafulldescriptivepresentation,eachofthesechaptersexaminesthewritingsystem(s),phonol-ogy,morphology,syntax,andlexiconofthatlanguage,andplacesthelanguagewithinitsproperlinguisticandh
3、istoricalcontext.Thevolumebringstogetheraninternationalarrayofscholars,eachaleadingspecialistinancientlanguagestudy.Whiledesignedprimarilyforscholarsandstudentsoflinguistics,thisworkwillproveinvaluabletoallwhosestudiestakethemintotherealmofancientlanguage.RogerD.WoodardistheAndrewVanV
4、rankenRaymondProfessoroftheClassicsattheUniversityofBuffalo.HischiefresearchinterestsliegenerallywithintheareasofGreekandRomanmythandreligion,Indo-Europeancultureandlinguistics,theoriginanddevelop-mentofwritingamongtheGreeks,andtheinteractionbetweenGreeceandtheancientNearEast.Hisother
5、booksincludeTheCambridgeCompaniontoGreekMythology(2007),Indo-EuropeanSacredSpace(2006),TheCambridgeEncyclopediaoftheWorld’sAncientLan-guages(2004);Ovid’sFasti(withA.J.Boyle,2000);GreekWritingfromKnossostoHomer:ALinguisticInterpretationoftheOriginsoftheGreekAlphabet(1997),andOnInterpre
6、tingMorphologicalChange(1990).HehasalsopublishednumerousarticlesandservedasPresi-dentoftheSocietyfortheStudyofGreekandLatinLanguageandLinguisticsfrom1992to2001.TheAncientLanguagesofSyria-PalestineandArabiaEditedbyrogerd.woodardCAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESSCambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid
7、,CapeTown,Singapore,SãoPauloCambridgeUniversityPressTheEdinburghBuilding,CambridgeCB28RU,UKPublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYorkwww.cambridge.orgInformationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521684989©CambridgeUniversityPress2008Thispublicationisincopyri
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