The Writing Systems of the World by Florian Coulmas
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.-
A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics
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A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory
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Children's Writing and Reading
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Swearing
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Words in Time
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Rhetoric
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Oral Culture Past and Present
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Jargon
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Modern Englishes
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Language of Shakespeare
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Thomas Hardy's English
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A History of the English Language
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John Donne
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Language of Dickens
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The Artificial Language Movement
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Jane Austen's English
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Best English
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Tudor to Augustan English
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| ISBN 13 | 9780631165132 |
| ISBN 10 | 0631165134 |
| Title | The Writing Systems of the World |
| Author | Florian Coulmas |
| Series | Language Library |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Year published | 1989-06-22 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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