This monumental book provides the first comprehensive history of Asia Minor from prehistory to the Roman imperial period. In this handsome English-language edition of the critically acclaimed German book, Christian Marek masterfully weaves together illuminating citations from the ancient sources with vivid sketches of civic institutions, urban and rural society, agriculture, trade and money, the influential Greek writers of the Second Sophistic, the notoriously bloody exhibitions of the gladiatorial arena, and more.
"In the Land of a Thousand Gods" is truly panoramic in scope. Blending rich narrative history with in-depth analyses of political, social, and economic achievements, it traces Asia Minor's shifting orientation between East and West in the ancient world and examines its roles as both a melting pot of nations and a bridge for cultural transmission. Marek takes readers from the earliest known Stone Age settlements to the appearance and downfall of Bronze and Iron Age empires. He covers the emergence of early Greek poetry and science, the invention of coinage, Persian domination and the prosperity of cities under the Hellenistic kings, and the establishment of Roman provinces. Marek draws on the latest research--in fields ranging from demography and economics to architecture and religion--to describe how Asia Minor became a civilized and wealthy part of the Roman Empire, and shows how the advancement of Hellenization and civic autonomy was the irreversible legacy of the Pax Romana.
A breathtaking work of scholarship, "In the Land of a Thousand Gods" is destined to become the standard reference book on the subject in English.
Автор: Haynes, Kenneth Название: English Literature and Ancient Languages ISBN: 0199212120 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199212125 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 3910 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: While the influence of Greek and Roman literature on British literature has been extensively surveyed, the role of those ancient languages themselves within modern British literature has only begun to be studied. This book is a study of the literary representation and dramatization of English in contact with Greek and Latin.
Название: Austronesian languages of asia and madagascar ISBN: 0415681537 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415681537 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 9692 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Goddard, Cliff Название: The Languages of East and Southeast Asia ISBN: 0199248605 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199248605 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4888 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book introduces readers to the remarkable linguistic diversity of East and Southeast Asia. It combines serious but accessible treatments of diverse areas not usually found in a single volume: for example, word origins, cultural key words, tones and sounds, language families and typology, key syntactic structures, writing systems, communicative style. Written with great clarity and an eye for interesting examples, the book is a textbook for students of linguistics, Asian languages, and Asian studies.
Автор: Edited by R. M. W. Dixon Название: The Amazonian Languages ISBN: 0521578930 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521578936 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 7936 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The Amazon Basin is arguably both one of the least-known and the most complex linguistic regions in the world. It is the home of some 300 languages belonging to around twenty language families, plus more than a dozen genetic isolates, and many of these languages (often incompletely documented and mostly endangered) show properties that constitute exceptions to received ideas about linguistic universals. This book provides an overview in a single volume of this rich and exciting linguistic area. The editors and contributors have sought to make their descriptions as clear and accessible as possible, in order to provide a basis for further research on the structural characteristics of Amazonian languages and their genetic and areal relationships, as well as a point of entry to important cross-linguistic data for the wider constituency of theoretical linguists.
Автор: Willem F. H. Adelaar Название: The Languages of the Andes ISBN: 0521368316 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521368315 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 7936 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The Andean and Pacific regions of South America are home to a remarkable variety of languages and language families, with a range of typological differences. This linguistic diversity results from a complex historical background, comprising periods of greater communication between different peoples and languages, and periods of fragmentation and individual development. The Languages of the Andes documents in a single volume the indigenous languages spoken and formerly spoken in this linguistically rich region, as well as in adjacent areas. Grouping the languages into different cultural spheres, it describes their characteristics in terms of language typology, language contact, and the social perspectives of present-day languages. The authors provide both historical and contemporary information, and illustrate the languages with detailed grammatical sketches. Written in a clear and accessible style, this book will be a valuable source for students and scholars of linguistics and anthropology alike.
Автор: Suarez, Jorge A. Название: Mesoamerican indian languages ISBN: 0521296692 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521296694 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4140 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The volume will be of interest and importance both to general linguists and to others with a serious interest in Mesoamerican culture and society.
Описание: Thirteen of the chapters that comprise the contents of this first volume of Native Languages of the A mericas were originally commissioned by the undersigned in his capacity as Editor of the fourteen volume series (1963-1976), Current Trends in Linguistics.
Автор: Marianne Mithun Название: The Languages of Native North America ISBN: 052129875X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521298759 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 6096 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book provides an authoritative survey of the several hundred languages indigenous to North America. These languages show tremendous genetic and typological diversity, and offer numerous challenges to current linguistic theory. Part I of the book provides an overview of structural features of particular interest, concentrating on those that are cross-linguistically unusual or unusually well developed. These include syllable structure, vowel and consonant harmony, tone, and sound symbolism; polysynthesis, the nature of roots and affixes, incorporation, and morpheme order; case; grammatical distinctions of number, gender, shape, control, location, means, manner, time, empathy, and evidence; and distinctions between nouns and verbs, predicates and arguments, and simple and complex sentences; and special speech styles. Part II catalogues the languages by family, listing the location of each language, its genetic affiliation, number of speakers, major published literature, and structural highlights. Finally, there is a catalogue of languages that have evolved in contact situations.
Описание: Original ver- sions of five articles, respectively, by Barthel, Grimes, Longacre, Mayers, and Suarez, were first published in Part II of Current Trends in Linguistics, Vol. Linguistics in North America (1973) and the two by Kaufman and Rensch were in Part I I of Vol.
Автор: Edited by Roger D. Woodard Название: The Ancient Languages of Asia and the Americas ISBN: 0521684943 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521684941 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4370 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book, derived from the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World’s Ancient Languages, describes the ancient languages of Asia and the Americas, for the convenience of students and specialists working in that area. 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 volume brings together an international array of scholars, each a leading specialist in ancient language study. While designed primarily for scholars and students of linguistics, this work will prove invaluable to all whose studies take them into the realm of ancient language.
Автор: Edited by Roger D. Woodard Название: The Ancient Languages of Syria-Palestine and Arabia ISBN: 0521684986 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521684989 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4370 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book, derived from the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World’s Ancient Languages, describes the ancient languages of Syria-Palestine and Arabia, for the convenience of students and specialists working in that area. 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 volume brings together an international array of scholars, each a leading specialist in ancient language study. While designed primarily for scholars and students of linguistics, this work will prove invaluable to all whose studies take them into the realm of ancient language.
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