The Routledge handbook of scripts and alphabets / George L. Campbell and Christopher Moseley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campbell, George L.

Contributor:

Moseley, Christopher.

Standardized Title:

Handbook of scripts and alphabets

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Writing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Writing.

Alphabet--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Alphabet.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

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

Contents:

Front Cover; The Routledge Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface to the second edition; Acknowledgements; Note on phonetic symbols; Introduction: the world's families of scripts; Ancient writing systems; Aegean scripts; Anatolian scripts; Aramaic; Syriac; Brāhmī; Coptic; Egyptian; Epigraphic South Arabian; Etruscan see under Roman (Latin)Gothic; Javanese (Kawi); Maya; Ogham; Persian Cuneiform; Runic; Turkic Runes; Contemporary writing systems; Arabic; Armenian; Batak; Bengali; Berber (Tifinagh); Buginese-Macassarese; Burmese; Cambodian; Cherokee; Chinese

Archaic ChineseClassical Chinese (Wenli); Modern Chinese; Cree; Cyrillic; Devanāgarī; Ethiopic; Georgian; Greek; Gujarati; Gurmukhi; Hebrew; Yiddish; Japanese; Kannada; Korean; Lao; Malayalam; Mongolian; Oriya; Roman (Latin); Sinhalese; Tamil; Telugu; Thai; Tibetan; Yi; Autochthonous writing systems; Fraser script (Lisu); Munda language scripts; N'ko; Pahawh Hmong; Pollard script; Rongorongo; Vai; Further reading; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-203-86548-0

1-135-22297-5

9786613903662

1-135-22294-0

1-283-59121-9

1-135-22296-7

9780203865484

OCLC:

810078009