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This general introduction to the study of Chinese traces the language's history from its beginnings in the second millennium B.C. to the present, and provides a clear picture of the contemporary language and its sociolinguistic status. Chinese, in its numerous dialects, has more speakers than any other language in the modern world, and this vast extension in time and space brings to its study an exceptional complexity. Nevertheless, Norman's crisp organisation and lucid elegance make this extraordinary range of material easily accessible even to those with an elementary understanding of linguistics. Chinese includes information on the genetic and typological connections of the language, the writing system, the classical and early vernacular tongues, the modern language and non-standard dialects, and the history of linguistic reform in China. (ISBN:0521296536) (For this item please quote stock ID 11458) ISBN: 0521296536

(ISBN:7561901011) (For this item please quote stock ID 22635) ISBN: 7561901011

~The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages is the first comprehensive reference work treating all of the languages of antiquity. Clear and systematic in its approach, the Encyclopedia combines full linguistic coverage of all the well documented ancient languages, representing numerous language families from around the globe. Each chapter of the work focuses on an individual language or, in some instances, a set of closely related varieties of a language. Providing a full descriptive presentation, each of these chapters examines the writing system(s), phonology, morphology, syntax and lexicon of that language, and places the language within its proper linguistic and historical context. The Encyclopedia brings together an international array of scholars, each a leading specialist in ancient language study. While designed primarily for linguistic professionals and students, this work will prove invaluable to all whose studies take them into the realm of ancient language.

~>An authoritative reference work on the ancient languages of the world - the first of its kind >Makes widely accessible much generally inaccessible knowledge >Comprehensive, thorough & systematic - the languages are treated in a uniform & coherent way

~Contents >1. Introduction (Roger Woodard) >2. Sumerian (Piotr Michalowski) >3. Elamite (Matthew Stolper) >4. Hurrian (Gernot Wilhelm) >5. Urartian (Gernot Wilhelm) >6. Afro-Asiatic (John Huehnergard) >7. Egyptian & Coptic (Antonio Loprieno) >8. Akkadian & Eblaite (John Huehnergard & Christopher Woods) >9. Ugaritic (Dennis Pardee) >10. Hebrew (P. Kyle McCarter, Jr.) >11. Phoenician & Punic (Jo Ann Hackett) >12. Canaanite Dialects (Dennis Pardee) >13. Aramaic (Stuart Creason) >14. Ge’ez (Aksum) (Gene Gragg) >15. Old South Arabian (Norbert Nebes & Peter Stein) >16. Ancient North Arabian (M.C.A. Macdonald) >17. Indo-European (Henry Hoenigswald & J.P.T. Clackson) >18. Hittite (Calvert Watkins) >19. Luvian (H. Craig Melchert) >20. Palaic (H. Craig Melchert) >21. Lycian (H. Craig Melchert) >22. Lydian (H. Craig Melchert) >23. Carian (H. Craig Melchert) >24. Attic Greek (Roger Woodard) >25. Greek Dialects (Roger Woodard) >26. Sanskrit (Stephanie Jamison) >27. Middle Indic (Stephanie Jamison) >28. Old Persian (Rüdiger Schmitt) >29. Avestan (Mark Hale) >30. Pahlavi (Mark Hale) >31. Phrygian (Claude Brixhe) >32. Latin (J.P.T. Clackson) >33. Sabellian (Rex Wallace) >34. Venetic (Rex Wallace) >35. Continental Celtic (Joseph Eska) >36. Gothic (Jay Jasanoff) >37. Early Northwest Germanic (Jan Terje Faarlund) >38. Classical Armenia (J.P.T. Clackson) >39. Etruscan (Helmut Rix) >40. Early Georgian (Kevin Tuite) >41. Ancient Chinese (Alain Peyraube) >42. Old Tamil (Sanford Steever) >43. Mayan (Victoria Bricker) >44. Epi-Olmec (Terrence Kaufman & John Justeson) >45. Reconstructed Ancient Languages (Don Ring) (ISBN:9780521562560) (For this item please quote stock ID 24908) ISBN: 9780521562560