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• catalog abstract "From the Publisher: 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.".
• catalog contributor b7472582.
• catalog contributor b7472583.
• catalog created "1996.".
• catalog date "1996".
• catalog date "1996.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
• catalog description "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. ".
• catalog description "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.".
• catalog description "From the Publisher: 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. ".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "pt. 1. Grammatology. The study of writing systems -- pt. 2. Ancient Near Eastern writing systems. The first civilizations -- Mesopotamian cuneiform -- Egyptian writing -- The Meriotic script -- Epigraphic Semitic scripts -- The Iberian scripts -- The Berber scripts -- Anatolian hieroglyphs -- Aegean scripts -- Old Persian cuneiform -- pt. 3. Decipherment. Methods of decipherment -- The Proto-Elamite script -- The Indus script -- Maya and other Mesoamerican scripts -- Rongorongo of Easter Island -- pt. 4. East Asian writing systems. Early Chinese writing -- Modern Chinese writing -- Japanese writing -- Korean writing -- Siniform scripts of inner Asia : Tangut ; Kian and Jurchin -- The Yi script -- Asian calligraphy -- Comparative table of Sinitic characters -- pt. 5. European writing systems. Transmission of thee Phoenician script to the West -- The Greek alphabet -- The Anatolian alphabets -- The Coptic alphabet -- The Gothic alphabet -- The scripts of Italy -- The Roman alphabet -- The Runic script -- Ogham -- The Slavic alphabets -- The Armenian alphabet -- The Georgian alphabet --".
• catalog description "pt. 10. Use and adaptation of scripts. A functional classification -- Adaptations of the Roman alphabet : Romance languages ; Germanic languages ; Celtic languages ; Languages of Eastern and Southern Europe ; African languages ; Vietnamese -- Adaptations of the Cyrillic alphabet -- Adaptations of Hebrew script -- Adaptations of Arabic script -- pt. 11. Sociolinguistics and scripts. Germany : script and politics -- Serbo-Croatian : a biscriptal language -- South Asia : coexistence of scripts Christian missionary activies -- Script reform in and after the Soviet Union -- pt. 12. Secondary notation systems. The alphabet as a technology -- Numerical notation -- Shorthand -- Phonetic notation -- Music notation -- Movement notation systems -- pt. 13. Imprinting and printing. Analog and digital writing.".
• catalog description "pt. 6. South Asian writing systems. Brahmi and Kharoshthi -- The Devanagari script -- Gujarati writing -- The Gurmukhi script -- Bengali writing -- Oriya writing -- Sinhala writing -- Kannada and Telugu writing -- Malayalam writing -- Tamil writing -- The Tibetan script and derivatives -- pt. 7. Southeast Asian writing systems. The spread of Brahmi script into Southeast Asia -- Burmese writing -- Thai and Lao writing -- Khmer writing -- Insular Southeast Asian scripts -- pt. 8. Middle Eastern writing systems. The Jewish scripts -- Aramaic scripts for Aramaic languages -- Aramaic scripts for Iranian languages -- Aramaic scripts for Altaic languages -- Arabic writing -- Dhivehi writing -- Ethiopic writing -- pt. 9. Scripts invented in modern times. The invention of writing -- Cherokee writing -- Scripts of West Africa -- The Cree syllabary -- Scripts for Munda languages -- The Pahawh Hmong script --".
• catalog extent "xlv, 922 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "World's writing systems.".
• catalog identifier "0195079930 (acid-free paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "World's writing systems.".
• catalog issued "1996".
• catalog issued "1996.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog language "engmul".
• catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
• catalog relation "World's writing systems.".
• catalog subject "411 20".
• catalog subject "Alphabet.".
• catalog subject "Graphemics.".
• catalog subject "P211 .W714 1996".
• catalog subject "Writing.".
• catalog tableOfContents "pt. 1. Grammatology. The study of writing systems -- pt. 2. Ancient Near Eastern writing systems. The first civilizations -- Mesopotamian cuneiform -- Egyptian writing -- The Meriotic script -- Epigraphic Semitic scripts -- The Iberian scripts -- The Berber scripts -- Anatolian hieroglyphs -- Aegean scripts -- Old Persian cuneiform -- pt. 3. Decipherment. Methods of decipherment -- The Proto-Elamite script -- The Indus script -- Maya and other Mesoamerican scripts -- Rongorongo of Easter Island -- pt. 4. East Asian writing systems. Early Chinese writing -- Modern Chinese writing -- Japanese writing -- Korean writing -- Siniform scripts of inner Asia : Tangut ; Kian and Jurchin -- The Yi script -- Asian calligraphy -- Comparative table of Sinitic characters -- pt. 5. European writing systems. Transmission of thee Phoenician script to the West -- The Greek alphabet -- The Anatolian alphabets -- The Coptic alphabet -- The Gothic alphabet -- The scripts of Italy -- The Roman alphabet -- The Runic script -- Ogham -- The Slavic alphabets -- The Armenian alphabet -- The Georgian alphabet --".
• catalog tableOfContents "pt. 10. Use and adaptation of scripts. A functional classification -- Adaptations of the Roman alphabet : Romance languages ; Germanic languages ; Celtic languages ; Languages of Eastern and Southern Europe ; African languages ; Vietnamese -- Adaptations of the Cyrillic alphabet -- Adaptations of Hebrew script -- Adaptations of Arabic script -- pt. 11. Sociolinguistics and scripts. Germany : script and politics -- Serbo-Croatian : a biscriptal language -- South Asia : coexistence of scripts Christian missionary activies -- Script reform in and after the Soviet Union -- pt. 12. Secondary notation systems. The alphabet as a technology -- Numerical notation -- Shorthand -- Phonetic notation -- Music notation -- Movement notation systems -- pt. 13. Imprinting and printing. Analog and digital writing.".
• catalog tableOfContents "pt. 6. South Asian writing systems. Brahmi and Kharoshthi -- The Devanagari script -- Gujarati writing -- The Gurmukhi script -- Bengali writing -- Oriya writing -- Sinhala writing -- Kannada and Telugu writing -- Malayalam writing -- Tamil writing -- The Tibetan script and derivatives -- pt. 7. Southeast Asian writing systems. The spread of Brahmi script into Southeast Asia -- Burmese writing -- Thai and Lao writing -- Khmer writing -- Insular Southeast Asian scripts -- pt. 8. Middle Eastern writing systems. The Jewish scripts -- Aramaic scripts for Aramaic languages -- Aramaic scripts for Iranian languages -- Aramaic scripts for Altaic languages -- Arabic writing -- Dhivehi writing -- Ethiopic writing -- pt. 9. Scripts invented in modern times. The invention of writing -- Cherokee writing -- Scripts of West Africa -- The Cree syllabary -- Scripts for Munda languages -- The Pahawh Hmong script --".
• catalog title "The world's writing systems / edited by Peter T. Daniels and William Bright.".
• catalog type "text".