Andrew Robinson (Visiting Fellow, Wolfson College, Cambridge)

Writing and Script

A Very Short Introduction

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Produktbeschreibung

Writing is a defining marker of civilisation; without it there could be no accumulation of knowledge. Andrew Robinson tells the fascinating story of the history of writing, considering its development, and examining the enormous variety of writing and scripts we use today.

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Produktdetails

• Very Short Introductions
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 173mm x 113mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 150g
• ISBN-13: 9780199567782
• ISBN-10: 0199567786
• Artikelnr.: 26216613

Autorenporträt

Andrew Robinson is a Visiting Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge and holds degrees from Oxford University and the School of Oriental Studies, London. He is now a full-time writer who has worked in book publishing, television and journalism, most recently as Literary Editor of The Times Higher Education Supplement from 1994-2006. His previous publications include The Story of Writing, The Man Who Deciphered Linear B: The Story of Michael Ventris, and Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Writing and its emergence
2: Development and diffusion of writing
3: Disappearance of scripts
4: Decipherment and undeciphered scripts
5: How writing systems work
6: Alphabets
7: Chinese and Japanese writing
8: Scribes and materials
9: Writing goes electronic
Chronology: 3300 BC to AD 2000
References
Further reading
Index

Rezensionen

User-friendly survey. Steven Poole, The Guardian