Writing systems : an introduction to their linguistic analysis /
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| Author / Creator: | Coulmas, Florian. |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2003. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 270 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cambridge textbooks in linguistics Cambridge textbooks in linguistics. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11133003 |
| Summary: | The problem of reducing language to writing and conversely that of interpreting written signs as language has been resolved through the development of different writing systems. This illustrated textbook introduces the major writing systems of the world (from cuneiform to English spelling) and analyzes their structure and function. It includes a review of the history of writing and a discussion of the literate mind and society. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 270 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-258) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 0511077777 9780511077777 9781139164597 1139164597 9780511076206 0511076207 0521782171 9780521782173 0521787378 9780521787376 |