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Processes of script adaptation and creation in Linear B: the evidence of the "extra" signs
- Author(s):
- Anna P. Judson (see profile)
- Date:
- 2017
- Group(s):
- Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean archaeology, Ancient Greece & Rome, Archaeology, Classical Philology and Linguistics, Writing Systems
- Subject(s):
- Language and languages--Writing, Antiquities, Prehistoric, Europe--Aegean Sea Region, Mediterranean Region, History, Bronze age
- Item Type:
- Book chapter
- Tag(s):
- Linear B, Linear A, syllabary, writing system, script development, Writing systems, Aegean prehistoric archaeology, Greek and Roman epigraphy, Late Bronze Age Mediterranean
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/m2w8-4111
- Abstract:
- This chapter examines the ways in which the Linear B 'extra' signs - syllabograms which can in certain circumstances replace the 'core' signs of the Linear B syllabary - are often used as evidence for the process by which this writing system was created from its parent writing system, Linear A, and thus, by extension, for reconstructing aspects of Linear A and of the 'Minoan' language it was used to write. It also exploree how this group of signs can more productively be used to investigate the motivations behind the creation and use of new signs within Linear B itself.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Book chapter
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 3 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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