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- catalog abstract ""Writing systems: A Linguistic Approach provides detailed coverage of all major writing systems of historical or structural significance with thorough discussion of structure, history, and social context as well as important theoretical issues. The book examines systems as diverse as Chinese, Greek, and Maya and each writing system is presented in the light of four major aspects of writing: history and development; internal structure; the relationship of writing and language; and sociolinguistic factors." "The volume is extensively illustrated and the glossary of technical terms, exercises, and further reading suggestions that accompany each chapter make Writing Systems a valuable resource for students in linguistics and anthropology."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b13322070.
- catalog created "2005.".
- catalog date "2005".
- catalog date "2005.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2005.".
- catalog description ""Writing systems: A Linguistic Approach provides detailed coverage of all major writing systems of historical or structural significance with thorough discussion of structure, history, and social context as well as important theoretical issues. The book examines systems as diverse as Chinese, Greek, and Maya and each writing system is presented in the light of four major aspects of writing: history and development; internal structure; the relationship of writing and language; and sociolinguistic factors." "The volume is extensively illustrated and the glossary of technical terms, exercises, and further reading suggestions that accompany each chapter make Writing Systems a valuable resource for students in linguistics and anthropology."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical preliminaries -- 3. Chinese -- 4. Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese -- 5. Cuneiform -- 6. Egyptian -- 7. Semitic -- 8. Greek alphabet -- 9. Roman alphabet -- 10. English -- 11. Indian Abugida and other Asian phonographic writing -- 12. Maya -- 13. Other writing systems -- 14. Classification of writing systems -- App A. Some basic linguistic terms -- App B. international phonetic alphabetic -- App C. English transcription.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [300]-309) and index.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 322 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0631234632 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0631234640 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Blackwell textbooks in linguistics ; 18".
- catalog issued "2005".
- catalog issued "2005.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub.,".
- catalog subject "411 22".
- catalog subject "Graphemics.".
- catalog subject "P211 .R638 2005".
- catalog subject "Writing History.".
- catalog subject "Writing.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical preliminaries -- 3. Chinese -- 4. Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese -- 5. Cuneiform -- 6. Egyptian -- 7. Semitic -- 8. Greek alphabet -- 9. Roman alphabet -- 10. English -- 11. Indian Abugida and other Asian phonographic writing -- 12. Maya -- 13. Other writing systems -- 14. Classification of writing systems -- App A. Some basic linguistic terms -- App B. international phonetic alphabetic -- App C. English transcription.".
- catalog title "Writing systems : a linguistic approach / Henry Rogers.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".