Archaeology and Language I : Theoretical and Methodological Orientations

ISBN-13: 9780415117609 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 320 str.

Roger Blench; R. Blench

Opis

Exploring a wide range of techniques developed by specialists in each discipline, this first volume of three deals with broad theoretical issues and provides a background to the detail of the further studies covered in volumes II and III. This collection deals with the controversial question of the origin of language; the validity of deep-level reconsruction; the sociolinguistic modelling of prehistory; and the use of oral tradition.

Recenzje

`Most of the papers are very good, and some are excellent and represent seminal reading.' - Cambridge Archaeological Journal

`a coherent overview of an important topic which has been long ignored and/or often disparaged.' - Antiquity, September 1999.

'I am very pleased to see this series in press, and I congratulate the editors on their achievement.' - Journal of Linguistics

Spis treści

Archaeology and Language I: Theorectical and methodological orientations. Volume I. Theoretical and methodological orientations. Preface Part 1. Prehistory of Language Part 2. Deep-level linkages/hypotheses Part 3. Problems of Method Part 4. Oral traditions

O autorze

Roger Blench is Research Fellow of the Overseas Development Institute. Matthew Spriggs is Professor of Archaeology at the Australian National University.