Article published In: Written Language & Literacy
Vol. 2:1 (1999) ► pp.57–61
Some Semitic Phonological Considerations on the Sibilants of the Greek Alphabet
Published online: 23 July 1999
https://doi.org/10.1075/wll.2.1.04dan
https://doi.org/10.1075/wll.2.1.04dan
A recent reinterpretation of the phonetics of the sibilant phonemes in Semitic makes it unnecessary to hunt for "explanations" of the apparent failure of Greek sibilant letters to correspond in value with their Phoenician counterparts.
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Threatte, Leslie
1999. Review of Woodard (1997): Greek writing from Knossos to Homer: A linguistic interpretation of the origin of the Greek alphabet and the continuity of Ancient Greek literacy. Written Language & Literacy 2:1 ► pp. 145 ff.
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