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Author : Saul H. Riesenberg
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (21 download)
Download or read book A Caroline Islands Script written by Saul H. Riesenberg and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nathalie Gontier
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192543512
Total Pages : 1185 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)
Download or read book Oxford Handbook of Human Symbolic Evolution written by Nathalie Gontier and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-02-01 with total page 1185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biological and neurological capacity to symbolize, and the products of behavioral, cognitive, sociocultural, linguistic, and technological uses of symbols (symbolism), are fundamental to every aspect of human life. The Oxford Handbook of Human Symbolic Evolution explores the origins of our characteristically human abilities - our ability to speak, create images, play music, and read and write. The book investigates how symbolization evolved in human evolution and how symbolism is expressed across the various areas of human life. The field is intrinsically interdisciplinary - considering findings from fossil studies, scientific research from primatology, developmental psychology, and of course linguistics. Written by world leading experts, thirty-eight topical chapters are grouped into six thematic parts that respectively focus on epistemological, psychological, anthropological, ethological, linguistic, and social-technological aspects of human symbolic evolution. The handbook presents an in-depth but comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the of the state of the art in the science of human symbolic evolution. This work will be of interest to academics and students active in all fields contributing to the study of human evolution.
Author : Alexander J. de Voogt
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900417446X
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)
Download or read book The Idea of Writing written by Alexander J. de Voogt and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exploration of the versatility of writing systems highlights their complexity when they are used to represent loanwords, solve problems of polysemy or when they are adapted to be used for another language. The approaches from different academic traditions provide a varied but expert account.
Author : Peter T. Daniels
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ISBN 13 : 0195079930
Total Pages : 970 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (95 download)
Download or read book The World's Writing Systems written by Peter T. Daniels and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 970 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ranging from cuneiform to shorthand, from archaic Greek to modern Chinese, from Old Persian to modern Cherokee, this is the only available work in English to cover all of the world's writing systems from ancient times to the present. Describing scores of scripts in use now or in the past around the world, this unusually comprehensive reference offers a detailed exploration of the history and typology of writing systems. More than eighty articles by scholars from over a dozen countries explain and document how a vast array of writing systems work--how alphabets, ideograms, pictographs, and hieroglyphics convey meaning in graphic form. The work is organized in thirteen parts, each dealing with a particular group of writing systems defined historically, geographically, or conceptually. Arranged according to the chronological development of writing systems and their historical relationships within geographical areas, the scripts are divided into the following sections: the ancient Near East, East Asia, Europe, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. Additional parts address the ongoing process of decipherment of ancient writing systems; the adaptation of traditional scripts to new languages; new scripts invented in modern times; and graphic symbols for numerical, music, and movement notation. Each part begins with an introductory article providing the social and cultural context in which the group of writing systems was developed. Articles on individual scripts detail the historical origin of the writing system, its structure (with tables showing the forms of the written symbols), and its relationship to the phonology of the corresponding spoken language. Each writing system is illustrated by a passage of text, and accompanied by a romanized version, a phonetic transcription, and a modern English translation. A bibliography suggesting further reading concludes each entry. Matched by no other work in English, The World's Writing Systems is the only comprehensive resource covering every major writing system. Unparalleled in its scope and unique in its coverage of the way scripts relate to the languages they represent, this is a resource that anyone with an interest in language will want to own, and one that should be a part of every library's reference collection.
Author : Steven Roger Fischer
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1861895887
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (618 download)
Download or read book A History of Writing written by Steven Roger Fischer and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2020-09-10 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the earliest scratches on stone and bone to the languages of computers and the internet, A History of Writing offers an investigation into the origin and development of writing throughout the world. Illustrated with numerous examples, this book offers a global overview in a format that everyone can follow. Steven Roger Fischer also reveals his own discoveries made since the early 1980s, making it a useful reference for students and specialists as well as a delightful read for lovers of the written word everywhere.
Author : Silvia Ferrara
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198908768
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (989 download)
Download or read book Writing from Invention to Decipherment written by Silvia Ferrara and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-08-27 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Writing from Invention to Decipherment contains a wealth of global scholarship on ancient writing systems from China, Mesopotamia, Central America, and the Mediterranean, to more recent newly created scripts such as the Rongorongo from Easter Island, the Caroline Island scripts, as well as the alphabet. The aim is to dig into the foundations of writing, showcasing the complexities and varieties of scripts, from their invention to the potential decipherment of poorly understood scripts. The volume offers state-of-the-art research on undeciphered scripts from the Aegean (as for example, Cretan Hieroglyphic and Linear A) or not completely deciphered (as for example Maya) scripts. From a methodological perspective, these contributions lay out how and why writing was invented, who used it, and to what ends. Here writing is presented as a multi-modal cultural phenomenon, that intersects and transcends neat discipline boundaries, within an inclusive approach bridging archaeology, linguistics, epigraphy, and cognitive studies.
Author : Alex de Voogt
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900421545X
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)
Download or read book The Idea of Writing written by Alex de Voogt and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-12-09 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exploration of the versatility of writing systems highlights their complexity when used for more than one language. The approaches of authors from different academic traditions provide a varied and expert account.
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Total Pages : 446 pages
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Download or read book Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 1110 pages
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Download or read book Annual Report on the Administration of the Territory of the Pacific Islands written by and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 1110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Albert Mason
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Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A History of the Art of Writing written by William Albert Mason and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 900 pages
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Download or read book Annual Report to the United Nations on the Administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 1508 pages
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Download or read book Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 1508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Department of State
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 816 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (311 download)
Download or read book Report to the United Nations on the Administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Transmitted by the United States of America written by United States. Department of State and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Department of State
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Report to the United Nations on the Administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands written by United States. Department of State and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 414 pages
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Download or read book Department of State Publication written by and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Dept. of State
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
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Author : United States. President
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Total Pages : 418 pages
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Download or read book U.S. Participation in the UN written by United States. President and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
