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Migration, mobility and language contact in and around the ancient Mediterranean / edited by James Clackson, Patrick James, Katherine McDonald, Livia Tagliapietra, Nicholas Zair.

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Book
Contributor:
Clackson, James, editor.
James, Patrick, 1981- editor.
McDonald, Katherine, 1987- editor.
Tagliapietra, L. (Livia), editor.
Zair, Nicholas, 1982- editor.
Cambridge University Press
Series:
Cambridge classical studies
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Languages in contact--Mediterranean Region--History.
Languages in contact.
Multilingualism--Mediterranean Region--History.
Multilingualism.
Historical linguistics--Mediterranean Region.
Historical linguistics.
Mediterranean Region--Languages.
Mediterranean Region.
Mediterranean Region--Antiquities.
Classical antiquities.
Mediterranean Region--Emigration and immigration--History--To 1500.
Inscriptions--Mediterranean Region--History.
Inscriptions.
Human beings--Migrations--History--To 1500.
Human beings.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxi, 354 pages) : illustrations, map.
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambdridge University Press, 2020.
Contents:
Inter-ethnic mobility in pre-Roman Etruria : the contribution of onomastics / Daniele F. Maras
Elusive migrants of ancient Italy / Elena Isayev
The language of mobile craftsmen in the Western Mediterranean / Katherine McDonald and James Clackson
Lost and found in transmission : the creation of the Oscan alphabet / Karin W. Tikkanen
Mobility and orthography : a contextualisation of variant spellings in the Oscan : a contextualisation of variant spellings in the Greek alphabet / Livia Tagliapietra
The Mamertini in Messina : mobility, migration and mercenaries / Nicholas Zair
Migration, identity, and multilingualism in late Hellenistic Delos / Francesco Rovai
Interpretes, negotiatores and the Roman army : mobile professionals and their languages / Rachel Mairs
HOC PRIMVS VENIT : Italians and others in Egypt before the Caesars / Patrick James
Population, migration and language in the city of Rome / Olivia Elder.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
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Ebook version :
ISBN:
9781108763943 (electronic bk.)
1108763944 (electronic bk.)
Publisher Number:
90102121519
Access Restriction:
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