Oscan in Southern Italy and Sicily
Title | Oscan in Southern Italy and Sicily PDF eBook |
Author | Katherine McDonald |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 327 |
Release | 2015-10 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 1107103835 |
A groundbreaking new interpretation of the relationship between Greek and Oscan, two of the most widely spoken languages of pre-Roman Italy.
Oscan in Southern Italy and Sicily
Title | Oscan in Southern Italy and Sicily PDF eBook |
Author | Katherine McDonald |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 327 |
Release | 2015-10-01 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 1316395537 |
In pre-Roman Italy and Sicily, dozens of languages and writing systems competed and interacted, and bilingualism was the norm. Using frameworks from epigraphy, archaeology and the sociolinguistics of language contact, this book explores the relationship between Greek and Oscan, two of the most widely spoken languages in the south of the peninsula. Dr McDonald undertakes a new analysis of the entire corpus of South Oscan texts written in Lucania, Bruttium and Messana, including dedications, curse tablets, laws, funerary texts and graffiti. She demonstrates that genre and domain are critical to understanding where and when Greek was used within Oscan-speaking communities, and how ancient bilinguals exploited the social meaning of their languages in their writing. This book also offers a cutting-edge example of how to build the fullest possible picture of bilingualism in fragmentary languages across the ancient world.
Oscan in Southern Italy and Sicily
Title | Oscan in Southern Italy and Sicily PDF eBook |
Author | Katherine McDonald |
Publisher | |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Inscriptions, Oscan |
ISBN | 9781316400975 |
Groundbreaking new interpretation of the relationship between Greek and Oscan, two of the most widely spoken languages of pre-Roman Italy.
Southern Italy and Sicily and the Rulers of the South
Title | Southern Italy and Sicily and the Rulers of the South PDF eBook |
Author | Francis Marion Crawford |
Publisher | |
Pages | 476 |
Release | 1910 |
Genre | Arabs |
ISBN |
A Handbook for Travellers in Southern Italy and Sicily: South Italy
Title | A Handbook for Travellers in Southern Italy and Sicily: South Italy PDF eBook |
Author | John Murray (Firm) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 368 |
Release | 1890 |
Genre | Italy |
ISBN |
A Handbook for Travellers in Southern Italy and Sicily: Sicily
Title | A Handbook for Travellers in Southern Italy and Sicily: Sicily PDF eBook |
Author | John Murray (Firm) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 222 |
Release | 1890 |
Genre | Italy |
ISBN |
Southern Italy and Sicily and the Rulers of the South
Title | Southern Italy and Sicily and the Rulers of the South PDF eBook |
Author | Francis Marion / Drawings By Henry Brokman Crawford |
Publisher | |
Pages | 882 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | |
ISBN |