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The idea of writing : writing across borders / edited by Alex de Voogt and Joachim Friedrich Quack.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Writing.
- Written communication.
- Language and languages--Orthography and spelling.
- Language and languages.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 254 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
- Summary:
- In this valuable product of the Idea of Writing seminar series begun at Leiden University several years ago, Voogt (curator, American Museum of Natural History, New York) and Quack (Egyptology, Heidelberg U.) note that the appearance of a new script generally occurs in complete form but is subject to further development. In case studies, contributors offer interdisciplinary insights on the alphabet, abugida (alpha-syllabary), and logographic scripts including the evolution of the national scripts of various Semitic and Asian Indian languages; transnational or time-shift borrowing of a script, e.g., Chinese in Japan, writing classical Egyptian rituals in demotic script; and reforms in modern Korean writing. The volume includes illustrations and indexing by subject, language group and script, and author. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 900421545X
- 9789004215450
- OCLC:
- 752911894
- Publisher Number:
- 99947858617
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