The Writing Culture of Ancient Dadān
A Description and Quantitative Analysis of Linguistic Variation
dc.contributor.author | Kootstra, Fokelien | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-10-09T12:26:33Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-10-09T12:26:33Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
dc.identifier | ONIX_20231009_9789004512634_29 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/76634 | |
dc.description.abstract | This work focuses the social context of writing in ancient Western Arabia in the oasis of ancient Dadan, modern-day al-ʿUlā in the northwest of the Arabian Peninsula between the sixth to first centuries BC. It offers a description and analysis of the language of the inscriptions and the variation attested within them. It is the first work to perform a systematic study of the linguistic variation of the Dadanitic inscriptions. It combines a thorough description of the language of the inscriptions with a statistical analysis of the distribution of variation across different textual genres and manners of inscribing. By considering correlations between language-internal and extralinguistic features this analysis aims to take a more holistic approach to the epigraphic object. Through this approach an image of a rich writing culture emerges, in which we can see innovation as well as the deliberate use of archaic linguistic features in more formal text types. | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.subject.other | Dadanitic inscriptions | |
dc.subject.other | Western Arabia | |
dc.subject.other | al-ʿUlā | |
dc.title | The Writing Culture of Ancient Dadān | |
dc.title.alternative | A Description and Quantitative Analysis of Linguistic Variation | |
dc.type | book | |
oapen.identifier.doi | 10.1163/9789004512634 | |
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy | af16fd4b-42a1-46ed-82e8-c5e880252026 | |
oapen.relation.isFundedBy | da087c60-8432-4f58-b2dd-747fc1a60025 | |
oapen.relation.isbn | 9789004512634 | |
oapen.relation.isbn | 9789004512627 | |
oapen.collection | Dutch Research Council (NWO) | |
oapen.grant.number | PGW-14-43 |