The Writing Systems of the World (Language Library) - Hardcover

Coulmas, Florian

 
9780631165132: The Writing Systems of the World (Language Library)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0631165134 ISBN 13: 9780631165132
Verlag: Blackwell Publishers, 1989

Inhaltsangabe

This book is ana account of writing systems from ancient times to the present. It traces the evolution from the iconic precursors of writing through stylized and abstract pictograms to purely arbitrary phonetic symbols. Among the sdubjects covered are Egyptian hieroglyphics and the cuneiform systems of the Near East, the persistence of the apparently cumbersome system of Chinese writing, the semitic languages of Western Asia and the Middle east, early Indian languages and the various alphabets that had their origins in pre-classical Greece. Within these contexts the author considers how scripts are deciphered, the way scripts relate to spoken languages, and the question of orthographic regularity. The author argues that writing is not merely a system of notation, but has a potent influence on the language itself.

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Verlag
Blackwell Publishers
Erscheinungsdatum
1989
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0631165134
ISBN 13 
9780631165132
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
304
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