Linear A and Minoan : some new old questions
The aim of this paper is to provide a synthetic outline of the attempts so far produced by scholars in trying to decipher Linear A, an undeciphered Aegean writing system (dating back to the European Bronze Age), highlighting some still unanswered epistemological questions. Linear A documents (mainly...
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| description | The aim of this paper is to provide a synthetic outline of the attempts so far produced by scholars in trying to decipher Linear A, an undeciphered Aegean writing system (dating back to the European Bronze Age), highlighting some still unanswered epistemological questions. Linear A documents (mainly clay tablets) come (predominantly) from the Mediterranean island of Crete and transcribe Minoan, an unknown language. Being the linguistic enigma behind this writing system not yet solved, new hermeneutic approaches could be able to shed some light on old Linear A's interpretative problems. The paper is structured as an agile literature review on Linear A, followed by a series of old and new methodological questions on this Aegean writing system, involving the possible connection with Ancient Greek (through Linear B, the script transcribing Mycenaean Greek and plausibly derived - partly - from Linear A), Semitic hypotheses, theoretical parallels with the Cuneiform writing system, the idea of a grammatological macro-comparison, and the possible improvement of computational approaches to the Linear A corpus. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1449862020-12-08T01:25:09Z Linear A and Minoan : some new old questions Perono Cacciafoco, Francesco School of Humanities Humanities::Language Cryptanalysis Linear A Language Decipherment The aim of this paper is to provide a synthetic outline of the attempts so far produced by scholars in trying to decipher Linear A, an undeciphered Aegean writing system (dating back to the European Bronze Age), highlighting some still unanswered epistemological questions. Linear A documents (mainly clay tablets) come (predominantly) from the Mediterranean island of Crete and transcribe Minoan, an unknown language. Being the linguistic enigma behind this writing system not yet solved, new hermeneutic approaches could be able to shed some light on old Linear A's interpretative problems. The paper is structured as an agile literature review on Linear A, followed by a series of old and new methodological questions on this Aegean writing system, involving the possible connection with Ancient Greek (through Linear B, the script transcribing Mycenaean Greek and plausibly derived - partly - from Linear A), Semitic hypotheses, theoretical parallels with the Cuneiform writing system, the idea of a grammatological macro-comparison, and the possible improvement of computational approaches to the Linear A corpus. 2020-12-08T01:23:27Z 2020-12-08T01:23:27Z 2017 Journal Article Perono Cacciafoco, F. (2017). Linear A and Minoan : some new old questions. Analele Universitatii din Craiova - Seria Stiinte Filologice, Lingvistica, 39(1-2), 154-170. 1224-5712 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/144986 2-s2.0-85036502716 1-2 39 154 170 en 2017-T1-002-193 Analele Universitatii din Craiova - Seria Stiinte Filologice, Lingvistica © 2019 Annals of the University of Craiova: Series Philology - Linguistics / Analele Universitatii din Craiova - Seria Stiinte Filologice, Lingvistica is Faculty of Letters, University of Craiova (Published by Editura Universitaria Craiova). All rights reserved. |
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| title | Linear A and Minoan : some new old questions |
| title_full | Linear A and Minoan : some new old questions |
| title_fullStr | Linear A and Minoan : some new old questions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Linear A and Minoan : some new old questions |
| title_short | Linear A and Minoan : some new old questions |
| title_sort | linear a and minoan some new old questions |
| topic | Humanities::Language Cryptanalysis Linear A Language Decipherment |
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