The first attested indigenous writing system in the Iberian Peninsula is the so-called “Southwestern script”. I argue that this system is of Phoenician inspiration and simultaneously offer an explicative model for its development as an alphabet, later on also the source of the Iberian semi-syllabary. This account, made primarily from a linguistic standpoint, ultimately intends to disclose orthographic rules of the script and phonological features of its underlying language.
Miguel Valério (2008). Origin and Development of the Paleohispanic scripts: The Orthography and Phonology of the Southwestern alphabet. REVISTA PORTUGUESA DE ARQUEOLOGIA, 11(2), 107-138.
Origin and Development of the Paleohispanic scripts: The Orthography and Phonology of the Southwestern alphabet
Miguel Valério
2008
Abstract
The first attested indigenous writing system in the Iberian Peninsula is the so-called “Southwestern script”. I argue that this system is of Phoenician inspiration and simultaneously offer an explicative model for its development as an alphabet, later on also the source of the Iberian semi-syllabary. This account, made primarily from a linguistic standpoint, ultimately intends to disclose orthographic rules of the script and phonological features of its underlying language.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.