Glossary of Terminology: Historical Linguistics

Richard Vallance Janke; Francesco PERONO CACCIAFOCO

Glossary of Terminology: Historical Linguistics

Richard Vallance Janke
, Francesco PERONO CACCIAFOCO^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Applied Linguistics

Western University, Canada

Research output: Book/Report/Edited volume › Book › peer-review

Abstract

This Glossary of Terminology, Historical Linguistics, is intended to reach a wider audience, appealing not only to professional linguistics, but also to students of linguistics and historical linguistics, amateur linguists, and indeed to anyone who is not a linguist or who is unfamiliar with linguistics per se. This glossary focuses on the Anatolian adstrate languages, cuneiform Hittite and Luwian, and the Minoan Linear A syllabary, highlighting in particular the syllabaries, Anatolian Minoan Linear A, Mycenaean Linear B and Arcado-Cypriot Linear C.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Ottawa (Canada)
Publisher	Konoso Press
Number of pages	30
Volume	1
Edition	1
Publication status	Published - 15 Dec 2025

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 4 Quality Education
SDG 15 Life on Land

Keywords

Historical Linguistics
Terminology
Glossary
Aegean Scripts
Language Deciphering

1 Finished

Giving Voice to the Minoan People: The Decipherment of Linear A
PERONO CACCIAFOCO, F. (PI)
1/01/18 → 31/08/21
Project: Internal Research Project

3 Article
2 Book
1 Chapter

More light on the role Mount Dikte and Mount Ida, Crete, play in Minoan Linear A Anatolian proto-Greek invocations
Vallance Janke, R. & PERONO CACCIAFOCO, F., 14 Apr 2026, 1 ed. Ottawa, Canada: Konoso Press. 26 p.
Research output: Book/Report/Edited volume › Book › peer-review

Open Access
File
Are the Minoan Linear A PK Za 4–PK Za 18 libation invocations in Anatolian proto-Greek?
Vallance Janke, R., PERONO CACCIAFOCO, F. & McVeigh, B. J., 10 Dec 2025, 1 ed. Ottawa, Canada: Konoso Press. 108 p.
Research output: Book/Report/Edited volume › Book › peer-review

Open Access
File
Minoan Cryptanalysis: Computational Approaches to Deciphering Linear A and Assessing Its Connections with Language Families from the Mediterranean and the Black Sea Areas
NEPAL, A. & PERONO CACCIAFOCO, F., 25 Jan 2024, In: Information (Switzerland). 15, 2, p. 1-13 13 p., 73.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
3 Citations (Scopus)

2 Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
1 Editorial work
1 Other
1 Invited talk

Clusters and Syllabo-logographical Classification Models in Linear A/B Tablets: Lexical and Visual Analogies for a More Comprehensive Study of Their Properties and Advanced Bronze Age Trading-diplomatical Correspondences
PERONO CACCIAFOCO, F. (Invited speaker) & SOLCÀ, A. (Invited speaker)
23 Oct 2024
Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
The Linear A Digital Corpus: Digital Humanities and Language Decipherment
LE, S. T. (Speaker), SOO SU-ANN, S. (Speaker), PERONO CACCIAFOCO, F. (Speaker), XU, D. (Speaker) & CAVALLARO, F. P. (Speaker)
19 Mar 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
KONOSO: The Journal of Aegean Bronze Age Studies (Journal)
PERONO CACCIAFOCO, F. (Editor)
2019 → …
Activity: Peer-review and editorial work of publications › Editorial work

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Abstract

UN SDGs

Keywords

Projects

Giving Voice to the Minoan People: The Decipherment of Linear A

Research output

More light on the role Mount Dikte and Mount Ida, Crete, play in Minoan Linear A Anatolian proto-Greek invocations

Are the Minoan Linear A PK Za 4–PK Za 18 libation invocations in Anatolian proto-Greek?

Minoan Cryptanalysis: Computational Approaches to Deciphering Linear A and Assessing Its Connections with Language Families from the Mediterranean and the Black Sea Areas

Activities

Clusters and Syllabo-logographical Classification Models in Linear A/B Tablets: Lexical and Visual Analogies for a More Comprehensive Study of Their Properties and Advanced Bronze Age Trading-diplomatical Correspondences

The Linear A Digital Corpus: Digital Humanities and Language Decipherment

KONOSO: The Journal of Aegean Bronze Age Studies (Journal)

Cite this