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Article: Half the ancient world.(The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages)(Book Review)
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- December 1, 2004
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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages, edited by Roger D. Woodard; Cambridge University Press, 2004, $299.
ALTHOUGH THE TITLE of The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages promises a great deal that might be of interest to a general reader interested in the subject or a student of linguistics, ultimately it fails to fulfil its encyclopedic aim by glossing over or ignoring much material that, even if controversial, does try to address the lacunae of our understanding. The result is a volume that by excessive cautiousness and an unwillingness to look at other avenues omits from its scope those areas of historical linguistics ...