Archaeology And Language Ii

Author : Roger Blench,Matthew Spriggs
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134828692

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Archaeology and Language II by Roger Blench,Matthew Spriggs Pdf

Using language to date the origin and spread of food production, Archaeology and Language II represents groundbreaking work in synthesizing two disciplines that are now seen as interlinked: linguistics and archaeology. This volume is the second part of a three-part survey of innovative results emerging from their combination. Archaeology and historical linguistics have largely pursued separate tracks until recently, although their goals can be very similar. While there is a new awareness that these disciplines can be used to complement one another, both rigorous methodological awareness and detailed case-studies are still lacking in the literature. This three-part survey is the first study to address this. Archaeology and Language II examines in some detail how archaeological data can be interpreted through linguistic hypotheses. This collection demonstrates the possibility that, where archaeological sequences are reasonably well-known, they might be tied into evidence of language diversification and thus produce absolute chronologies. Where there is evidence for migrations and expansions these can be explored through both disciplines to produce a richer interpretation of prehistory. An important part of this is the origin and spread of food production which can be modelled through the spread of both plants and words for them. Archaeology and Language II will be of interest to researchers in linguistics, archaeologists and anthropologists.

Author : Roger Blench,Matthew Spriggs
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0415117615

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Archaeology and Language: Correlating archaeological and linguistic hypotheses by Roger Blench,Matthew Spriggs Pdf

Using language to date the origin and spread of food production, Archaeology and Language II represents groundbreaking work in synthesizing two disciplines that are now seen as interlinked: linguistics and archaeology. This volume is the second part of a three-part survey of innovative results emerging from their combination. Archaeology and historical linguistics have largely pursued separate tracks until recently, although their goals can be very similar. While there is a new awareness that these disciplines can be used to complement one another, both rigorous methodological awareness and detailed case-studies are still lacking in the literature. This three-part survey is the first study to address this. Archaeology and Language II examines in some detail how archaeological data can be interpreted through linguistic hypotheses. This collection demonstrates the possibility that, where archaeological sequences are reasonably well-known, they might be tied into evidence of language diversification and thus produce absolute chronologies. Where there is evidence for migrations and expansions these can be explored through both disciplines to produce a richer interpretation of prehistory. An important part of this is the origin and spread of food production which can be modelled through the spread of both plants and words for them. Archaeology and Language II will be of interest to researchers in linguistics, archaeologists and anthropologists.

Author : Colin Renfrew
Publisher : Jonathan Cape
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Indo-European antiquities
ISBN : UCSC:32106013262370

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Archaeology and Language by Colin Renfrew Pdf

Author : R. Blench
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0759104662

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Archaeology, Language, and the African Past by R. Blench Pdf

Scholarly work that attempts to match linguistic and archaeological evidence in precolonial Africa

Author : Edo Nyland
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781460280812

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Linguistic Archaeology by Edo Nyland Pdf

Edo Nyland shares with us his research on the evolution of European and other languages and his conclusions offer fresh perspectives to challenge traditional views entertained by the linguistic establishment. Nyland's research was inspired by a CBC presentation by historian Edward Furlong who suggested that Odysseus may not at all have been travelling in the Mediterranean but rather in Scotland and Ireland where the climate and topography fit far better the descriptions in the Odyssey. Nyland set off on an odyssey of his own, visiting the proposed locations and while he found much to support Furlong's thesis he felt more evidence was needed to confirm it. He began by examining place names mentioned in the Odyssey and he began to wonder if they might be telling a story. But from what language were they derived? Greek, Latin and Gaelic dictionaries were no help. He discovered a clue in the work of geneticist Luigi Cavalli-Sforza who had suggested that there might have been early migrations of the peoples living along the Atlantic coast, from Morocco to Scotland and Ireland, even Arctic Norway. Of these only the Basques still spoke their original Neolithic language, and in choosing a Basque dictionary to translate coastal place names Nyland found that they did indeed yield remarkably fitting descriptions. In visiting Bronze Age ruins Nyland came on the Ogam inscriptions carved into standing stones of Ireland. These had not been deciphered but Nyland began to suspect they might encode elements of the Basque language. Cracking the code became his mission and in this volume he describes how he did it. After applying his method successfully to such languages as Spanish or German, Sanskrit or Sumerian, Nyland concludes that Basque isthe core language from which so many more were derived.

Author : Michel Foucault
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780307819253

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The Archaeology of Knowledge by Michel Foucault Pdf

Madness, sexuality, power, knowledge—are these facts of life or simply parts of speech? In a series of works of astonishing brilliance, historian Michel Foucault excavated the hidden assumptions that govern the way we live and the way we think. The Archaeology of Knowledge begins at the level of "things aid" and moves quickly to illuminate the connections between knowledge, language, and action in a style at once profound and personal. A summing up of Foucault's own methadological assumptions, this book is also a first step toward a genealogy of the way we live now. Challenging, at times infuriating, it is an absolutey indispensable guide to one of the most innovative thinkers of our time.

Author : Rosemary A. Joyce
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780470692790

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The Languages of Archaeology by Rosemary A. Joyce Pdf

This volume provides the first critical examination of the relationship between archaeology and language, analysing the rhetorical practices through which archaeologists create representations of the past.

Author : Roger Blench,Matthew Spriggs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Historical linguistics
ISBN : 0415518717

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Archaeology and Language IV by Roger Blench,Matthew Spriggs Pdf

Archaeology and Language IV examines a variety of pressing issues regarding linguistic and cultural change. It provides a challenging variety of case-studies which demonstrate how global patterns of language distribution and change can be interwoven to produce a rich historical narrative, and fuel a radical rethinking of the conventional discourse of linguistics within archaeology.

Author : Jean-Paul Demoule
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Archaeology and history
ISBN : 9780197506479

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The Indo-Europeans by Jean-Paul Demoule Pdf

The existence of an Indo-European linguistic family, allowing for the fact that several languages widely dispersed across Eurasia share numerous traits, has been demonstrated for several centuries now. But the underlying factors for this shared heritage have been fiercely debated by linguists, historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists. The leading theory, of which countless variations exist, argues that this similarity is best explained by the existence, at one given point in time and space, of a common language and corresponding population. This ancient, prehistoric, population would then have diffused across Eurasia, eventually leading to the variation observed in historical and modern times. The Indo-Europeans: Archaeology, Language, Race, and the Search for the Origins of the West argues that despite its acceptance and use by most researchers from different disciplines, such a model is inherently flawed. This book describes how, beginning in the late eighteenth century, Europeans began a quest for a supposed original homeland, from which a small conquering people would one day spread out, bringing their language to Europe and parts of Asia (India, Iran, Afghanistan). This quest was often closely tied to ideological preoccupations and it was in its name that the Nazi leadership, claiming for the Germans the status of the purest Indo-Europeans (or Aryans), waged genocide. The last part of the book summarizes the current state of knowledge and current hypotheses in the fields of linguistics, archaeology, comparative mythology, and genetics. The culmination of three decades of research, this book offers a sweeping survey of the historiography of the Indo-European debate and poses a devastating challenge to the Indo-European origin story at its roots.

Author : Roger Blench,Matthew Spriggs
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134855858

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Archaeology and Language III by Roger Blench,Matthew Spriggs Pdf

Archaeology and Language III interprets results from archaeological data in terms of language distribution and change, providing the tools for a radical rewriting of the conventional discourse of prehistory. Individual chapters present case studies of artefacts and fragmentary textual materials, concerned with the reconstruction of houses, maritime technology, pottery and grave goods.

Author : Mily Crevels,Pieter Muysken
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780191035753

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Language Dispersal, Diversification, and Contact by Mily Crevels,Pieter Muysken Pdf

This book addresses the complex question of how and why languages have spread across the globe: why do we find large language families distributed over a wide area in some regions, while elsewhere we find clusters of very small families or language isolates? What roles have agriculture, geography, climate, ethnic identity, and language ideologies played in language spread? In this volume, international experts in the field provide new answers to these and related questions, drawing on the increasingly large databases available and on novel analytical research techniques. The first part of the volume outlines some general issues and approaches in the study of language dispersal, diversification, and contact. In the rest of the volume, chapters compare the language and population histories of three major regions - Island Southeast Asia/Oceania, Africa, and South America - which show particularly interesting contrasts in the distribution of languages and language families. The volume is interdisciplinary in approach, with insights from archaeology, genetics, anthropology, and geography, and will be of interest to a wide range of scholars interested in language diversity and contact.

Author : Rik De Busser,Randy J. LaPolla
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027268730

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Language Structure and Environment by Rik De Busser,Randy J. LaPolla Pdf

Language Structure and Environment is a broad introduction to how languages are shaped by their environment. It makes the argument that the social, cultural, and natural environment of speakers influences the structures and development of the languages they speak. After a general overview, the contributors explain in a number of detailed case studies how specific cultural, societal, geographical, evolutionary and meta-linguistic pressures determine the development of specific grammatical features and the global structure of a varied selection of languages. This is a work of meticulous scholarship at the forefront of a burgeoning field of linguistics.

Author : R. Blench,Matthew Spriggs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Archaeology
ISBN : STANFORD:36105028972185

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Archaeology and Language: Language change and cultural transformation by R. Blench,Matthew Spriggs Pdf

Author : Aaron A. Burke,Katherine Strange Burke,Martin Peilstocker
Publisher : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781938770579

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The History and Archaeology of Jaffa 2 by Aaron A. Burke,Katherine Strange Burke,Martin Peilstocker Pdf

Since 2007 the Jaffa Cultural Heritage Project has endeavored to bring to light the vast archaeological and historical record of the site of Jaffa in Israel. Continuing the effort begun with The History and Archaeology of Jaffa 1, this volume is a collection of independent studies and final reports on smaller excavations that do not require individual book-length treatments. These include overviews of archaeological research in Jaffa, historical and archaeological studies of Medieval and Ottoman Jaffa, reports on excavations by the Israel Antiquities Authority at both the Postal Compound between 2009 and 2011 and the Armenian Compound in 2006 and 2007, and studies of the excavations of Jacob Kaplan and Haya Ritter-Kaplan in Jaffa on behalf of the Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums from 1955 to 1974.

Author : George Tucker Childs
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027226067

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An Introduction to African Languages by George Tucker Childs Pdf

This book introduces beginning students and non-specialists to the diversity and richness of African languages. In addition to providing a solid background to the study of African languages, the book presents linguistic phenomena not found in European languages. A goal of this book is to stimulate interest in African languages and address the question: What makes African languages so fascinating? The orientation adopted throughout the book is a descriptive one, which seeks to characterize African languages in a relatively succinct and neutral manner, and to make the facts accessible to a wide variety of readers. The author's lengthy acquaintance with the continent and field experiences in western, eastern, and southern Africa allow for both a broad perspective and considerable depth in selected areas. The original examples are often the author's own but also come from other sources and languages not often referenced in the literature. This text also includes a set of sound files illustrating the phenomena under discussion, be they the clicks of Khoisan, talking drums, or the ideophones (words like English lickety-split) found almost everywhere, which will make this book a valuable resource for teacher and student alike.