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Condition: Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including ... Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab

Topic: Writing

ISBN: 9780631234647

Publication Name: Writing Systems : a Linguistic Approach

Item Length: 9.7in

Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John

Publication Year: 2004

Series: Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics Ser.

Type: Textbook

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Item Height: 1in

Author: Henry Rogers

Item Width: 6.8in

Item Weight: 22.8 Oz

Number of Pages: 344 Pages

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Provides detailed coverage of all major writing systems of historical or structural significance with thorough discussion of structure, history and social context as well as important theoretical issues. Discusses systems as diverse as Chinese, Greek, and Maya.

Product Identifiers

Publisher

Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John

ISBN-10

0631234640

ISBN-13

9780631234647

eBay Product ID (ePID)

5928701

Product Key Features

Author

Henry Rogers

Publication Name

Writing Systems : a Linguistic Approach

Format

Trade Paperback

Language

English

Publication Year

2004

Series

Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics Ser.

Type

Textbook

Number of Pages

344 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length

9.7in

Item Height

1in

Item Width

6.8in

Item Weight

22.8 Oz

Additional Product Features

Series Volume Number

Vol. 18

Lc Classification Number

P211

Reviews

"This is an excellent comprehensive textbook for university courses on writing systems (grammatology), with enough preliminary remarks of a theoretical nature to enable the student to master the scripts from around the world, including cuneiform of various types, Semitic, Greek, Roman, etc. It is written in a clear style with a very good glossary and up-to-date bibliography." Alan S. Kaye, California State University, Fullerton., & "The author and publishers can be congratulated on an excellent wk&work; if I were teaching a class on writing systems now, this would be my first choice as a textbook. & " William Bright, review in Written Language and Literacy& "This is an excellent comprehensive textbook for university courses on writing systems (grammatology), with enough preliminary remarks of a theoretical nature to enable the student to master the scripts from around the world, including cuneiform of various types, Semitic, Greek, Roman, etc. It is written in a clear style with a very good glossary and up-to-date bibliography. & " Alan S. Kaye, California State University, Fullerton, "The author and publishers can be congratulated on an excellent wk&work; if I were teaching a class on writing systems now, this would be my first choice as a textbook. " William Bright, review in Written Language and Literacy "This is an excellent comprehensive textbook for university courses on writing systems (grammatology), with enough preliminary remarks of a theoretical nature to enable the student to master the scripts from around the world, including cuneiform of various types, Semitic, Greek, Roman, etc. It is written in a clear style with a very good glossary and up-to-date bibliography. " Alan S. Kaye, California State University, Fullerton, "The author and publishers can be congratulated on an excellent work; if I were teaching a class on writing systems now, this would be my first choice as a textbook." --William Bright, review in Written Language and Literacy "This is an excellent comprehensive textbook for university courses on writing systems (grammatology), with enough preliminary remarks of a theoretical nature to enable the student to master the scripts from around the world, including cuneiform of various types, Semitic, Greek, Roman, etc. It is written in a clear style with a very good glossary and up-to-date bibliography." --Alan S. Kaye, California State University, Fullerton, "This is an excellent comprehensive textbook for university courses on writing systems (grammatology), with enough preliminary remarks of a theoretical nature to enable the student to master the scripts from around the world, including cuneiform of various types, Semitic, Greek, Roman, etc. It is written in a clear style with a very good glossary and up-to-date bibliography." Alan S. Kaye, California State University, Fullerton, "The author and publishers can be congratulated on an excellent work; if I were teaching a class on writing systems now, this would be my first choice as a textbook. " William Bright, review in Written Language and Literacy"This is an excellent comprehensive textbook for university courses on writing systems (grammatology), with enough preliminary remarks of a theoretical nature to enable the student to master the scripts from around the world, including cuneiform of various types, Semitic, Greek, Roman, etc. It is written in a clear style with a very good glossary and up-to-date bibliography. " Alan S. Kaye, California State University, Fullerton

Table of Content

Acknowledgments. A Note on Dates. 1. Introduction. Importance Of Writing. Definition Of Writing. Aspects Of Writing. Further Reading. Terms. Exercises. 2. Theoretical Preliminaries. Graphemes And Allographs. Arrangement Of Symbols. Relationship To Language. Diglossia. Further Reading. Terms. Exercises. 3. Chinese. Background, History, And Sociolinguistics. Phonology Of Modern Standard Chinese. Relationship Of Language And Writing In Chinese. Origin And Structure Of Chinese Characters. Internal Structure Of Chinese Characters. How Many Characters Does Chinese Have'. Recent Reforms. Further Reading. Terms. Exercises. 4. Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese. Japanese. Korean. Vietnamese. Further Reading. Terms. Exercises. 5. Cuneiform. Background And History. Tokens And The Invention Of Writing. Materials Of Writing. Social Context Of Cuneiform Writing. An Early Sumerian Tablet From Uruk. Internal Structure Of Cuneiform. Example Text. Other Cuneiform Writing. Further Reading. Terms. Exercises. 6. Egyptian. Language Family. Background And History. Phonology Of Old Egyptian. Origin Of Egyptian Writing. Styles Of Writing. Social Context Of Writing. Internal Structure Of Egyptian Writing. Example Text. Decipherment. Further Reading. Terms. Exercises. 7. Semitic. Semitic Language Family. Origin Of The Semitic Abjad. Development Of The Semitic Abjad. Hebrew. Arabic. The Ethiopic Abugida. The Distinctiveness Of Abjads. Further Reading. Terms. Exercises. 8. The Greek Alphabet. Background And History. Greek Scripts Before The Alphabet. Development Of The Greek Alphabet. Abjad To Alphabet. The Relationship Of Language And Writing In Greek. Scripts Derived From The Greek Alphabet. Further Reading. Terms. Exercises. 9. The Roman Alphabet. From Greece To Italy. Etruscan. Latin. The Roman Alphabet. Examples Of Roman Writing. Later History Of The Roman Alphabet. Orthographic Depth: Two Examples. Further Reading. Terms. Exercises. 10. English. Background And History. Old English. Middle English. Modern English. Spelling And Sound Changes. Spelling Reform. Further Reading. Terms. Exercises. 11. The Indian Abugida And Other Asian Phonographic Writing. Background And History. Indus Valley Writing. Bra?Hmi@ And Kharos.T.Hi. Devana?Gari@ As Applied To Sanskrit. Southeast Asian Writing. The Tibetan Abugida. The ''Phags-Pa Script. The Mongolian And Manchu Alphabets. Further Reading. Terms. Exercises. 12. Maya. History And Background. Structure Of The Maya Writing System. The Maya Calendar. Example Text. Further Reading. Terms. Exercises. 13. Other Writing Systems. Cherokee. Cree. Inuktitut. Runic. Ogham. Pahawh Hmong. Bliss. Further Reading. Terms. Exercises. 14. Classification Of Writing Systems. Phonetic, Semantic, And Glottographic Writing. Glottographic Writing. Gelb''s Unilinear Theory Of Development. Syllabic Vs. Moraic. Korean Hankul As A Featural System. Conclusion. Further Reading. Terms. Appendix A: Some Basic Linguistic Notions. Appendix B: The International Phonetic Alphabet. Appendix C. English Transcription. Appendix D: Glossary. Bibliography. Index.

2005

Topic

Alphabets & Writing Systems, Linguistics / General

Lccn

2003-026165

Dewey Decimal

411

Intended Audience

Scholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition

Illustrated

Yes

Genre

Language Arts & Disciplines

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