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i-iv -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Iconography, symbolism and writing at the dawn of civilization Old Europe from the seventh to the fourth millennia B.C. -- 2. The organizing principles of Old European writing Motivated and arbitrary symbols and their affinity with the mythical symbolism -- 3. Writing from Old Europe to ancient Crete A case of cultural continuity -- 4. Literacy in ancient Crete On the social functions of linear and hieroglyphic writing -- 5. The Cretan legacy in the East: Writing systems in the multilingual society of ancient Cyprus -- 6. The spread of European writing beyond ancient Cyprus The influence of Aegean and Cypriot literacy in Asia Minor and the Near East -- 7. On the three ways of writing the oldest literary language in the world: Greek -- 8. The impact of Aegean culture on the western periphery The case of the Lipari script and the role of Etruscan writing in Italy -- Conclusion: Giving profile to a new paradigm for research into antiquity -- Bibliography -- Illustrations, figures, tables and maps -- Index

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Dr. phil. habil. Harald Haarmann, geb. 1946, studierte Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft und verschiedene philologische Einzeldisziplinen an den Universitäten Hamburg, Bonn, Coimbra (Portugal) und Bangor (Wales). Er lehrte und forschte an verschiedenen deutschen und japanischen Universitäten. Er ist Mitglied im Forscherteam des Research Centre on Multilingualism (Brüssel). Für seine Arbeit erhielt er diverse Preise: Prix logos (1999) der Association européenne des linguistes et des professeurs de langues (Paris) und den Premio Jean Monnet (1999) im Bereich Essayliteratur. Harald Haarmann lebt und arbeitet in Finnland.