Writing Systems : A Linguistic Approach

Henry Rogers

ISBN 10: 0631234632 / ISBN 13: 9780631234630

Verlag: Wiley Jul 2004, 2004

Beschreibung

Neuware - Accessibly written, Writing Systems: A Linguistic Approach provides detailed coverage of all major writing systems of historical or structural significance with thorough discussion of structure, history, and social context as well as important theoretical issues. The book examines systems as diverse as Chinese, Greek, and Maya and each writing system is presented in the light of four major aspects of writing: history and development; internal structure; the relationship of writing and language; and sociolinguistic factors.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780631234630

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Writing Systems : A Linguistic Approach
• Verlag: Wiley Jul 2004
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0631234632
• ISBN-13: 9780631234630
• Einband: Buch
• Zustand: Neu

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Inhaltsangabe

Accessibly written, Writing Systems: A Linguistic Approach provides detailed coverage of all major writing systems of historical or structural significance with thorough discussion of structure, history, and social context as well as important theoretical issues. Discusses systems as diverse as Chinese, Greek, and Maya.

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• Presents each system in light of four major aspects of writing: history and development, internal structure, the relationship of writing and language, and sociolinguistic aspects.
  
• Includes glossary of technical terms, extensive illustrations, exercises and further reading suggestions to aid in teaching from the book.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Henry Rogers is Professor in the Departments of Linguistics and Anthropology at the University of Toronto. He is author of Sounds of Language: An Introduction to Phonetics (2000) and Theoretical and Practical Phonetics (1990), and has published widely on both phonetics and writing systems.