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Writing :

(hardcover : alk. paper)

(hardcover : alk. paper)

1405162562

9781405162562

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Writing :

[Book]

theory and history of the technology of civilization /

Barry B. Powell

Malden, MA :

Wiley-Blackwell,

2009

xx, 276 p. :

ill., maps, music ;

24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-269) and index

Introduction : a difficult topic, little studied, poorly understood -- What is writing? -- Writing with signs -- Categories and features of writing -- Some general issues in the study of writing -- Protocuneiform and counting tokens -- Origins of lexigraphic writing in Mesopotamia -- Plato's Ideas and Champollion's decipherment of the Egyptian hieroglyphs -- Egyptian writing and Egyptian speech -- The origin and nature of Egyptian writing -- "The house of life" : scribes and writing in ancient Egypt -- Syllabic scripts of the Aegean -- The West Semitic revolution -- What kind of writing was West Semitic? -- The origins of West Semitic writing -- Chinese logography -- Lexigraphic writing in Mesoamerica -- The Greek alphabet : a writing that changed the world -- Summary and conclusions

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Alphabet-- History

Writing-- History

Writing-- Social aspects

Powell, Barry B

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