The disappearance of writing systems: perspectives on literacy and communication
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London Equinox 2008
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
This volume gathers papers from the first conference ever to be held on the disappearance of writing systems, in Oxford in March 2004. While the invention and decipherment of writing systems have long been focuses of research, their eclipse or replacement have been little studied. Because writing is so important in many cultures and civilizations, its disappearance - followed by a period without it or by replacement by a different writing system - is of almost equal significance to invention as a mark of radical change. Probably more writing systems have disappeared than survived in the last f
Beschreibung:xviii, 378 pages
ISBN:9781845535872
1845535871
9781845530136
1845530136

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