Writing and script:
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1. Verfasser: Robinson, Andrew (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press 2009
Schriftenreihe:Very short introductions
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Acknowledgements; List of illustrations; 1 Writing and its emergence; 2 Development and diffusion of writing; 3 Disappearance of scripts; 4 Decipherment and undeciphered scripts; 5 How writing systems work; 6 Alphabets; 7 Chinese and Japanese writing; 8 Scribes and materials; 9 Writing goes electronic; Chronology; Further reading; Index
Without writing, there would be no records, no history, no books, and no emails. Writing is an integral and essential part of our lives; but when did it start? Why do we all write differently and how did writing develop into what we use today?All of these questions are answered in this Very Short Introduction. Starting with the origins of writing five thousand years ago, with cuneiform and Egyptian hieroglyphs, Andrew Robinson explains how these early forms of writing developed into hundreds of scripts including the Roman alphabet and the Chinese characters. He reveals how the modern writing s
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 157 pages)
ISBN:019157094X
9780191570940

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