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The Routledge handbook of scripts and alphabets / George L. Campbell and Christopher Moseley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Campbell, George L.
- Standardized Title:
- Handbook of scripts and alphabets
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Writing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Writing.
- Alphabet--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Alphabet.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 181 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2012.
- Summary:
- The Routledge Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets is a unique reference to the main scripts and alphabets of the world. The Handbook presents over 60 alphabets covering an enormous scope of languages; from Amharic and Chinese to Thai and Cree. Full script tables are given for every language and each entry is accompanied by a detailed overview of its historical and linguistic context. New to this second edition: -- enhanced introduction discussing the basic principles and strategies utilized by world writing systems -- expanded to include more writing systems -- improved presentation of non-Roman scripts. organised into ancient, contemporary and autochthonous writing systems -- many new entries on fascinating and lesser-known writing systems This handy resource is the ideal reference for all students and scholars of language and linguistics.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415560986
- 0415560985
- 9780415560979
- 0415560977
- 9780203865484
- 0203865480
- OCLC:
- 475449943
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