Writing and script /
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 In...
| Основен автор: | Robinson, Andrew, 1957- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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| Серия: |
Very short introductions.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=298995 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Writing and script. |
Съдържание:
- 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.