Signs of writing /

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Author / Creator:Harris, Roy, 1931-
Imprint:London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.
Description:viii, 185 p.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1751095
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ISBN:0415100887 : £35.00
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Perspectives on writing
  • 2. Integrational semiology
  • 3. A theory of writing
  • 4. A theory of written communication
  • 5. Writing and temporality
  • 6. Writing and space
  • 7. A theory of the written sign
  • 8. A theory of writing systems
  • 9. Forming, processing and interpretation
  • 10. Signs, emblems and tokens
  • 11. The signature
  • 12. Sign and signification
  • 13. Writing, script and chart
  • 14. Scripts and levels
  • 15. Scripts and notations
  • 16. Script and structure
  • 17. The writing surface
  • 18. Graphic space
  • 19. Direction
  • 20. Non-glottic writing: mathematics
  • 21. Other forms of non-glottic writing
  • 22. Writing, context and culture
  • 23. Writing and thought
  • Appendix A Notations as emblematic frames
  • Appendix B Punctuation
  • Appendix C Proto-writing
  • Appendix D Writing and analogy.