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See also:SUMMARY OF PHILOLOGICAL
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In addition to the genetic See also:classification of See also:languages given above (on pp
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426-429), some further guidance as to the actual headings under which the philological See also:section is arranged may be of service to the student
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The See also:pivot of the whole section is the See also:article See also:ALPHABET, which traces the See also:history of See also:language and See also:writing to the earliest stages, embodying the results of archaeological studies in all countries, together with the See also:general conclusions based thereon
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In this article (with further details under See also:CRETE) will be found an See also:account of the controversy regarding the Cretan discoveries of Dr A
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See also:Evans
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Supplementary to this See also:comparative survey are the articles See also:PALAEOGRAPHY, See also:INSCRIPTIONS, WRITING and See also:PHONETICS
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The first two See also:deal with See also:ancient documents of all kinds: PALAEOGRAPHY with those specimens of ancient writing, See also:literary, economic or legal, which were committed to codices, tablets or rolls by the use of the stilus, the See also:reed or the See also:pen; INSCRIPTIONS with documents engraved on See also: |
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