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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Robinson, Andrew (1957-....)
Titre(s) : Writing and script [Texte imprimé] : a very short introduction / Andrew Robinson
Publication : Oxford : Oxford university press, 2009
Description matérielle : XII-157 p. : ill. ; 18 cm
Collection : Very short introductions
Lien à la collection : Very short introductions
Comprend : Writing and its emergence ; Development and diffusion of wrtiting ; Disappearance
of scripts ; Decipherment and undeciphered scripts ; How writing systems work ;
Alphabets ; Chinese and Japanese writing ; Scribes and materials ; Writing goes
electronic.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"Starting with the origins of writing five thousand years ago, with cuneiform and
Egyptian hieroglyphs, Andrew Robinson explains how these early forms of writing developed
into hundreds of scripts including the Roman alphabet and the Chinese characters.
He reveals how the modern writing system we take for granted - including airport signage
and electronic text messaging - resemble ancient scripts much more closely than we
think."--BOOK JACKET
Sujet(s) : Écriture -- Histoire
Indice(s) Dewey :
302.224 4 (23e éd.) = Communication écrite
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780199567782 (pbk.). - ISBN 0199567786 (pbk.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42519663j
Notice n° :
FRBNF42519663
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
