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- catalog contributor b12034474.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "What is writing? -- The purpose of writing -- Invention or evolution? -- Transmitting stored information -- The two most stable components -- Non-linguistic forms of writing -- The power of pictures and signs -- Narrative pictures -- Objects -- Tallies -- Archival records -- Property marks -- Memory aids -- Modern picture writing -- The introduction of language elements -- The riddle of the rebus -- The emergence of the rebus in objects, proverbs and ritualistic memory aids -- Sign languages -- The failure of purely phonetic scripts -- The elusive phoneme -- Extinct scripts: the infrastructure of palace and temple -- Mesopotamia -- Ancient Mediterranean forms of writings -- Peru -- Egypt -- Mesoamerica -- Indus Valley civilisation -- The common origin of some contemporary writing systems -- Semitic scripts -- The alphabets -- The special place of certain writing systems -- Indian forms of writing -- Chinese forms of writing -- The political success of unsuitable writing systems -- The Chinese derived scripts of Korea and Japan -- Indian script forms in Southeast Asia, the Himalayan countries and Central Asia -- The success of cuneiform -- The Arabic script and the Roman alphabet -- Script inventors and script inventions -- Hangul--the script of the people -- Scripts invented to aid the spread of Christianity -- Scripts as part of a self-respect movement -- Rewards and problems of decipherment -- Calligraphy--a corporate logo? -- Chinese calligraphy -- Islamic calligraphy -- Western calligraphy -- What is a book?".
- catalog extent "iv, 188 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Literacy and the politics of writing.".
- catalog identifier "1841500119".
- catalog isFormatOf "Literacy and the politics of writing.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Bristol ; Portland : Intellect,".
- catalog relation "Literacy and the politics of writing.".
- catalog subject "302.2/244 21".
- catalog subject "Books History.".
- catalog subject "Literacy.".
- catalog subject "P211 .G29 2000".
- catalog subject "Writing History.".
- catalog subject "Written communication.".
- catalog tableOfContents "What is writing? -- The purpose of writing -- Invention or evolution? -- Transmitting stored information -- The two most stable components -- Non-linguistic forms of writing -- The power of pictures and signs -- Narrative pictures -- Objects -- Tallies -- Archival records -- Property marks -- Memory aids -- Modern picture writing -- The introduction of language elements -- The riddle of the rebus -- The emergence of the rebus in objects, proverbs and ritualistic memory aids -- Sign languages -- The failure of purely phonetic scripts -- The elusive phoneme -- Extinct scripts: the infrastructure of palace and temple -- Mesopotamia -- Ancient Mediterranean forms of writings -- Peru -- Egypt -- Mesoamerica -- Indus Valley civilisation -- The common origin of some contemporary writing systems -- Semitic scripts -- The alphabets -- The special place of certain writing systems -- Indian forms of writing -- Chinese forms of writing -- The political success of unsuitable writing systems -- The Chinese derived scripts of Korea and Japan -- Indian script forms in Southeast Asia, the Himalayan countries and Central Asia -- The success of cuneiform -- The Arabic script and the Roman alphabet -- Script inventors and script inventions -- Hangul--the script of the people -- Scripts invented to aid the spread of Christianity -- Scripts as part of a self-respect movement -- Rewards and problems of decipherment -- Calligraphy--a corporate logo? -- Chinese calligraphy -- Islamic calligraphy -- Western calligraphy -- What is a book?".
- catalog title "Literacy and the politics of writing / Albertine Gaur.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".