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Writing: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization traces the origins of writing tied to speech from ancient Sumer through the Greek alphabet and beyond.Examines the earliest e… More...
Writing: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization traces the origins of writing tied to speech from ancient Sumer through the Greek alphabet and beyond.Examines the earliest evidence for writing in Mesopotamia in the fourth millennium BC, the origins of purely phonographic systems, and the mystery of alphabetic writingIncludes discussions of Ancient Egyptian,Chinese, and Mayan writingShows how the structures of writing served and do serve social needs and in turn create patterns of social behaviorClarifies the argument with many illustrations; PDF; Reference & Languages > Language: reference & general > Language: history & general works, Wiley<
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Writing: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization traces the origins of writing tied to speech from ancient Sumer through the Greek alphabet and beyond.Examines the earliest e… More...
Writing: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization traces the origins of writing tied to speech from ancient Sumer through the Greek alphabet and beyond.Examines the earliest evidence for writing in Mesopotamia in the fourth millennium BC, the origins of purely phonographic systems, and the mystery of alphabetic writingIncludes discussions of Ancient Egyptian,Chinese, and Mayan writingShows how the structures of writing served and do serve social needs and in turn create patterns of social behaviorClarifies the argument with many illustrations; PDF; Reference & Languages > Language: reference & general > Language: history & general works, Wiley<
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Writing: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization traces the origins of writing tied to speech from ancient Sumer through the Greek alphabet and beyond.Examines the earliest evidence for writing in Mesopotamia in the fourth millennium BC, the origins of purely phonographic systems, and the mystery of alphabetic writingIncludes discussions of Ancient Egyptian,Chinese, and Mayan writingShows how the structures of writing served and do serve social needs and in turn create patterns of social behaviorClarifies the argument with many illustrations; EPUB; Reference & Languages > Language: reference & general > Language: history & general works, Wiley<
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EAN (ISBN-13): 9781118293492 ISBN (ISBN-10): 1118293495 Publishing year: 2012 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons 296 Pages Language: eng/Englisch
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ISBN - alternate spelling: 1-118-29349-5, 978-1-118-29349-2 Alternate spelling and related search-keywords: Book author: powell, barry wiley, eckstein Book title: history technology, civilization, history writing
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Author: Barry B. Powell Title: Writing - Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; John Wiley & Sons 296 Pages Publishing year: 2012-02-15 Language: English 27,99 € (DE) Not available (reason unspecified)
List of Illustrations ix Maps xiv Preface xv Chronology xvii Introduction: A Difficult Topic, Little Studied, PoorlyUnderstood 1 1 What Is Writing? 11 2 Writing with Signs 19 3 Categories and Features of Writing 38 4 Some General Issues in the Study of Writing 51 5 Protocuneiform and Counting Tokens 60 6 Origin of Lexigraphic Writing in Mesopotamia 70 7 Plato's Ideas and Champollion's Decipherment ofthe Egyptian Hieroglyphs 85 8 Egyptian Writing and Egyptian Speech 100 9 The Origin and Nature of Egyptian Writing 108 10 "The House of Life": Scribes and Writing inAncient Egypt 120 11 Syllabic Scripts of the Aegean 128 12 The West Semitic Revolution 148 13 What Kind of Writing Was West Semitic? 163 14 The Origins of West Semitic Writing 175 15 Chinese Logography 187 16 Lexigraphic Writing in Mesoamerica 206 17 The Greek Alphabet: A Writing That Changed the World 227 18 Summary and Conclusions 245 Glossary 255 Bibliography 263 Index 270
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