The document provides a brief history of linguistics, beginning with the Phoenician alphabet and its influence on ancient Greek and Roman traditions. The Phoenicians developed one of the first alphabets around 1500 BC, using letters to represent sounds. Their alphabet spread and was adopted by the Greeks, who made further developments in linguistic analysis. Figures like Plato and Aristotle debated the origins of language and analyzed parts of speech. Roman grammarians then built upon Greek traditions, with scholars such as Varro and Donatus analyzing Latin morphology and rhetoric. The document traces the evolution of linguistic study from ancient civilizations to its foundations in modern linguistics.

1. LINGÜÍSTICA – LINGUISTICS – LINGUISTIQUE – 语言学 – בלשנות - 言語学 – भाषा वैज्ञान - علم اللغة - LINGÜÍSTICA A BRIEF HISTORY Phonician Alphabet, Greece, Rome

2. The Phoenician

6. Phoenician Alphabet

9. Carthage  Tunis

10. Nowadays

11. Greek Tradition

13. Pericles Greek : Περικλῆς , meaning " surrounded by glory " (495 a. C.- 429 a. C.)

15. Alexander III of Macedon (356–323 BC), popularly known as Alexander the Great ( Greek : Μέγας Ἀλέξανδρος , Mégas Aléxandros ),

16. Alexander’s Empire

17. Hellenic Period (500-300 b.c.)

25. Greece: Aristotle (Greek: Ἀριστοτέλης , Aristotélēs ) (384–322 BC)

27. Roman Tradition