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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankTHEANCIENTLANGUAGESOFEUROPEThisbook,derivedfromtheacclaimedCambridgeEncyclopediaoftheWorld’sAncientLan-guages,describestheancientlanguagesofEurope,fortheconvenienceofstudentsandspecialistsworkinginthatarea.Eachchapteroftheworkfocu
2、sesonanindividuallanguageor,insomeinstances,asetofcloselyrelatedvarietiesofalanguage.Providingafullde-scriptivepresentation,eachofthesechaptersexaminesthewritingsystem(s),phonology,morphology,syntax,andlexiconofthatlanguage,andplacesthelanguagewithinitsproperl
3、inguisticandhistoricalcontext.Thevolumebringstogetheraninternationalarrayofschol-ars,eachaleadingspecialistinancientlanguagestudy.Whiledesignedprimarilyforscholarsandstudentsoflinguistics,thisworkwillproveinvaluabletoallwhosestudiestakethemintotherealmofancien
4、tlanguage.RogerD.WoodardistheAndrewVanVrankenRaymondProfessoroftheClassicsattheUniversityofBuffalo.HischiefresearchinterestsliegenerallywithintheareasofGreekandRomanmythandreligion,Indo-Europeancultureandlinguistics,theoriginanddevelop-mentofwritingamongtheGre
5、eks,andtheinteractionbetweenGreeceandtheancientNearEast.HisotherbooksincludeTheCambridgeCompaniontoGreekMythology(2007),Indo-EuropeanSacredSpace(2006),TheCambridgeEncyclopediaoftheWorld’sAncientLanguages(2004),Ovid’sFasti(withA.J.Boyle,2000),GreekWritingfromKn
6、ossostoHomer:ALinguisticInterpretationoftheOriginsoftheGreekAlphabet(1997),andOnInterpretingMorphologicalChange(1990).HehasalsopublishednumerousarticlesandservedasPresi-dentoftheSocietyfortheStudyofGreekandLatinLanguageandLinguisticsfrom1992to2001.TheAncientLa
7、nguagesofEuropeEditedbyrogerd.woodardCAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESSCambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,SãoPauloCambridgeUniversityPressTheEdinburghBuilding,CambridgeCB28RU,UKPublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYorkwww.c
8、ambridge.orgInformationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521684958©CambridgeUniversityPress2008Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisionofrelevantco