The Greek Alphabet and the Canaanite Sibilants
The traditional correspondences assumed by Semiticists between the Canaanite and Greek sibilants should be re-appraised in light of work undertaken by classical epigraphist Lilian Jeffery on the development of the Greek alphabet. Jeffery's alternate correspondences can account for the Greek nam...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2019]
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Journal of Semitic studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 64, Issue: 1, Pages: 51-66 |
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| Summary: | The traditional correspondences assumed by Semiticists between the Canaanite and Greek sibilants should be re-appraised in light of work undertaken by classical epigraphist Lilian Jeffery on the development of the Greek alphabet. Jeffery's alternate correspondences can account for the Greek names of the letters, and the required developments in the sounds of the letters have typological parallels. In light of these correspondences, the evidence of the Greek alphabet can be brought to bear more accurately on the reconstruction of the sounds of the Canaanite sibilants. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-8556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Semitic studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jss/fgy043 |