The world's writing systems /
edited by Peter T. Daniels and William Bright.
- New York : Oxford [etc.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 1996, cop. 1996.
- 1 vol. (XLV-922 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes bibliogr. Index.
pt. 1. Grammatology. The study of writing systems -- pt. 2. Ancient Near Eastern writing systems. The first civilizations -- Mesopotamian cuneiform -- Egyptian writing -- The Meriotic script -- Epigraphic Semitic scripts -- The Iberian scripts -- The Berber scripts -- Anatolian hieroglyphs -- Aegean scripts -- Old Persian cuneiform -- pt. 3. Decipherment. Methods of decipherment -- The Proto-Elamite script -- The Indus script -- Maya and other Mesoamerican scripts -- Rongorongo of Easter Island -- pt. 4. East Asian writing systems. Early Chinese writing -- Modern Chinese writing -- Japanese writing -- Korean writing -- Siniform scripts of inner Asia : Tangut ; Kian and Jurchin -- The Yi script -- Asian calligraphy -- Comparative table of Sinitic characters -- pt. 5. European writing systems. Transmission of thee Phoenician script to the West -- The Greek alphabet -- The Anatolian alphabets -- The Coptic alphabet -- The Gothic alphabet -- The scripts of Italy -- The Roman alphabet -- The Runic script -- Ogham -- The Slavic alphabets -- The Armenian alphabet -- The Georgian alphabet
0195079930 (rel) 9780195079937 (rel)
9780195079937
Alphabet--Encyclopédies.
Graphemics.
Writing.
Langues--Écriture.
Écriture--Encyclopédies.
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Notes bibliogr. Index.
pt. 1. Grammatology. The study of writing systems -- pt. 2. Ancient Near Eastern writing systems. The first civilizations -- Mesopotamian cuneiform -- Egyptian writing -- The Meriotic script -- Epigraphic Semitic scripts -- The Iberian scripts -- The Berber scripts -- Anatolian hieroglyphs -- Aegean scripts -- Old Persian cuneiform -- pt. 3. Decipherment. Methods of decipherment -- The Proto-Elamite script -- The Indus script -- Maya and other Mesoamerican scripts -- Rongorongo of Easter Island -- pt. 4. East Asian writing systems. Early Chinese writing -- Modern Chinese writing -- Japanese writing -- Korean writing -- Siniform scripts of inner Asia : Tangut ; Kian and Jurchin -- The Yi script -- Asian calligraphy -- Comparative table of Sinitic characters -- pt. 5. European writing systems. Transmission of thee Phoenician script to the West -- The Greek alphabet -- The Anatolian alphabets -- The Coptic alphabet -- The Gothic alphabet -- The scripts of Italy -- The Roman alphabet -- The Runic script -- Ogham -- The Slavic alphabets -- The Armenian alphabet -- The Georgian alphabet
0195079930 (rel) 9780195079937 (rel)
9780195079937
Alphabet--Encyclopédies.
Graphemics.
Writing.
Langues--Écriture.
Écriture--Encyclopédies.
411