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Author |
: Stephen D. Houston |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 444 |
Release |
: 2004-12-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521838614 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521838610 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Synopsis The First Writing by : Stephen D. Houston
In this book, leading scholars in the field discuss and analyse the origins of ancient writing.
Author |
: R. Campbell Thompson |
Publisher |
: Legare Street Press |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2022-10-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1015427928 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781015427921 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Epic of Gilgamish by : R. Campbell Thompson
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author |
: Charles Halton |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 259 |
Release |
: 2018 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107052055 |
ISBN-13 |
: 110705205X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis Women's Writing of Ancient Mesopotamia by : Charles Halton
This anthology translates and discusses texts authored by women of ancient Mesopotamia.
Author |
: Tom Standage |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages |
: 289 |
Release |
: 2014-09-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781620402856 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1620402858 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Synopsis Writing on the Wall by : Tom Standage
Chronicles social media over two millennia, from papyrus letters that Cicero used to exchange news across the Empire to today, reminding us how modern behavior echoes that of prior centuries and encouraging debate and discussion about how we'll communicate in the future.
Author |
: Richard Kern |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 305 |
Release |
: 2015-05-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107036482 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1107036488 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Synopsis Language, Literacy, and Technology by : Richard Kern
Language, Literacy, and Technology explores how technology matters to language and the ways we use it.
Author |
: Steven Roger Fischer |
Publisher |
: Reaktion Books |
Total Pages |
: 429 |
Release |
: 2020-09-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781861895882 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1861895887 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Synopsis A History of Writing by : Steven Roger Fischer
From the earliest scratches on stone and bone to the languages of computers and the internet, A History of Writing offers an investigation into the origin and development of writing throughout the world. Illustrated with numerous examples, this book offers a global overview in a format that everyone can follow. Steven Roger Fischer also reveals his own discoveries made since the early 1980s, making it a useful reference for students and specialists as well as a delightful read for lovers of the written word everywhere.
Author |
: Jenny Ackland |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages |
: 48 |
Release |
: 1983 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0198380534 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780198380535 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Synopsis A First Writing Book by : Jenny Ackland
Author |
: University of Chicago. Oriental Institute |
Publisher |
: Oriental Institute Press |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2010 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1885923767 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781885923769 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Synopsis Visible Language by : University of Chicago. Oriental Institute
This unique exhibit is the result of collaborative efforts of more than twenty authors and loans from five museums. It focuses on the independent invention of writing in at least four different places in the Old world and Mesoamerica with the earliest texts of Uruk, Mesopotamia (5,300 BC) shown in the United States for the first time. Visitors to the exhibit and readers of this catalog can see and compare the parallel pathways by which writing came into being and was used by the earliest kingdoms of Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and the Maya world.
Author |
: Amalia E. Gnanadesikan |
Publisher |
: John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages |
: 346 |
Release |
: 2011-09-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781444359855 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1444359851 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Writing Revolution by : Amalia E. Gnanadesikan
In a world of rapid technological advancements, it can be easy to forget that writing is the original Information Technology, created to transcend the limitations of human memory and to defy time and space. The Writing Revolution picks apart the development of this communication tool to show how it has conquered the world. Explores how writing has liberated the world, making possible everything from complex bureaucracy, literature, and science, to instruction manuals and love letters Draws on an engaging range of examples, from the first cuneiform clay tablet, Egyptian hieroglyphs, and Japanese syllabaries, to the printing press and the text messaging Weaves together ideas from a number of fields, including history, cultural studies and archaeology, as well as linguistics and literature, to create an interdisciplinary volume Traces the origins of each of the world’s major written traditions, along with their applications, adaptations, and cultural influences
Author |
: Peter T. Daniels |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 970 |
Release |
: 1996 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780195079937 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0195079930 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Synopsis The World's Writing Systems by : Peter T. Daniels
Ranging from cuneiform to shorthand, from archaic Greek to modern Chinese, from Old Persian to modern Cherokee, this is the only available work in English to cover all of the world's writing systems from ancient times to the present. Describing scores of scripts in use now or in the past around the world, this unusually comprehensive reference offers a detailed exploration of the history and typology of writing systems. More than eighty articles by scholars from over a dozen countries explain and document how a vast array of writing systems work--how alphabets, ideograms, pictographs, and hieroglyphics convey meaning in graphic form. The work is organized in thirteen parts, each dealing with a particular group of writing systems defined historically, geographically, or conceptually. Arranged according to the chronological development of writing systems and their historical relationships within geographical areas, the scripts are divided into the following sections: the ancient Near East, East Asia, Europe, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. Additional parts address the ongoing process of decipherment of ancient writing systems; the adaptation of traditional scripts to new languages; new scripts invented in modern times; and graphic symbols for numerical, music, and movement notation. Each part begins with an introductory article providing the social and cultural context in which the group of writing systems was developed. Articles on individual scripts detail the historical origin of the writing system, its structure (with tables showing the forms of the written symbols), and its relationship to the phonology of the corresponding spoken language. Each writing system is illustrated by a passage of text, and accompanied by a romanized version, a phonetic transcription, and a modern English translation. A bibliography suggesting further reading concludes each entry. Matched by no other work in English, The World's Writing Systems is the only comprehensive resource covering every major writing system. Unparalleled in its scope and unique in its coverage of the way scripts relate to the languages they represent, this is a resource that anyone with an interest in language will want to own, and one that should be a part of every library's reference collection.