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Author : Charles V. Kraitsir
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Significance of the Alphabet written by Charles V. Kraitsir and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nigel Pennick
Publisher : Weiser Books
ISBN 13 : 9780877287476
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (874 download)
Download or read book Magical Alphabets written by Nigel Pennick and published by Weiser Books. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here the alphabetical systems of the West, including Hebrew, Greek, Runic, Celtic, Medieval, and the Renaissance alphabets of the alchemical tradition are examined in depth. Explains the numerological significance of the various alphabets, andprovides exciting evidence for the widespread influence of Runes.
Author : Hye K. Pae
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030551520
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)
Download or read book Script Effects as the Hidden Drive of the Mind, Cognition, and Culture written by Hye K. Pae and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-10-14 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access volume reveals the hidden power of the script we read in and how it shapes and drives our minds, ways of thinking, and cultures. Expanding on the Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis (i.e., the idea that language affects the way we think), this volume proposes the “Script Relativity Hypothesis” (i.e., the idea that the script in which we read affects the way we think) by offering a unique perspective on the effect of script (alphabets, morphosyllabaries, or multi-scripts) on our attention, perception, and problem-solving. Once we become literate, fundamental changes occur in our brain circuitry to accommodate the new demand for resources. The powerful effects of literacy have been demonstrated by research on literate versus illiterate individuals, as well as cross-scriptal transfer, indicating that literate brain networks function differently, depending on the script being read. This book identifies the locus of differences between the Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans, and between the East and the West, as the neural underpinnings of literacy. To support the “Script Relativity Hypothesis”, it reviews a vast corpus of empirical studies, including anthropological accounts of human civilization, social psychology, cognitive psychology, neuropsychology, applied linguistics, second language studies, and cross-cultural communication. It also discusses the impact of reading from screens in the digital age, as well as the impact of bi-script or multi-script use, which is a growing trend around the globe. As a result, our minds, ways of thinking, and cultures are now growing closer together, not farther apart.
Author : Charles V Kraitsir
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781017656107
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (561 download)
Download or read book Significance of the Alphabet written by Charles V Kraitsir and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Alvin Boyd Kuhn
Publisher : Health Research Books
ISBN 13 : 9780787305161
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Esoteric Structure of the Alphabet written by Alvin Boyd Kuhn and published by Health Research Books. This book was released on 1996-09 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reconstructing the hidden outlines of meaning from in the alphabet.
Author : David Sacks
Publisher : Vintage Canada
ISBN 13 : 0307371034
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)
Download or read book Letter Perfect written by David Sacks and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2010-08-20 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Letters are tangible language. Joining together in endless combinations to actually show speech, letters convey our messages and tell our stories. While we encounter these tiny shapes hundreds of times a day, we take for granted the long, fascinating history behind one of the most fundamental of human inventions -- the alphabet. The heart of the book is the 26 fact-filled “biographies” of letters A through Z, each one identifying the letter’s particular significance for modern readers, tracing its development from ancient forms, and discussing its noteworthy role in literature and other media. We learn, for example, why the letter X has a sinister and sexual aura, how B came to signify second best, why the word “mother” in many languages starts with M, and what is the story of O. Packed with information and lavishly illustrated, Letter Perfect is not only accessible and entertaining, but essential to the appreciation of our own language.
Author : Laurence de Looze
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442624124
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)
Download or read book The Letter and the Cosmos written by Laurence de Looze and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2016-08-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From our first ABCs to the Book of Revelation’s statement that Jesus is “the Alpha and Omega,” we see the world through our letters. More than just a way of writing, the alphabet is a powerful concept that has shaped Western civilization and our daily lives. In The Letter and the Cosmos, Laurence de Looze probes that influence, showing how the alphabet has served as a lens through which we conceptualize the world and how the world, and sometimes the whole cosmos, has been perceived as a kind of alphabet itself. Beginning with the ancient Greeks, he traces the use of alphabetic letters and their significance from Plato to postmodernism, offering a fascinating tour through Western history. A sharp and entertaining examination of how languages, letterforms, orthography, and writing tools have reflected our hidden obsession with the alphabet, The Letter and the Cosmos is illustrated with copious examples of the visual and linguistic phenomena which de Looze describes. Read it, and you’ll never look at the alphabet the same way again.
Author : Johanna Drucker
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 9780500280683
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (86 download)
Download or read book The Alphabetic Labyrinth written by Johanna Drucker and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 1995 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The letters of the alphabet have been the object of speculation since their invention. This book examines the many ways in which the letters of the alphabet have been assigned value in political, spiritual, or religious systems over two millennia.
Author : Edward Clodd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book The Story of the Alphabet written by Edward Clodd and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 : 9780461272406
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (724 download)
Download or read book Significance of the Alphabet written by and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-24 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Judith Flanders
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 1541675061
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (416 download)
Download or read book A Place for Everything written by Judith Flanders and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a New York Times-bestselling historian comes the story of how the alphabet ordered our world. A Place for Everything is the first-ever history of alphabetization, from the Library of Alexandria to Wikipedia. The story of alphabetical order has been shaped by some of history's most compelling characters, such as industrious and enthusiastic early adopter Samuel Pepys and dedicated alphabet champion Denis Diderot. But though even George Washington was a proponent, many others stuck to older forms of classification -- Yale listed its students by their family's social status until 1886. And yet, while the order of the alphabet now rules -- libraries, phone books, reference books, even the order of entry for the teams at the Olympic Games -- it has remained curiously invisible. With abundant inquisitiveness and wry humor, historian Judith Flanders traces the triumph of alphabetical order and offers a compendium of Western knowledge, from A to Z. A Times (UK) Best Book of 2020
Author : David Diringer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781258922221
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (222 download)
Download or read book The Alphabet written by David Diringer and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new release of the original 1948 edition.
Author : David Diringer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781436713757
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (137 download)
Download or read book The Alphabet: A Key to the History of Mankind written by David Diringer and published by . This book was released on 2008-06 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Author : Robert M. Haralick
Publisher : Jason Aronson, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 1461628946
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (616 download)
Download or read book Inner Meaning of the Hebrew Letters written by Robert M. Haralick and published by Jason Aronson, Incorporated. This book was released on 1995-09-01 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book-length meditation on the Hebrew alphabet offers profound insights into many important ideas found in Jewish thought. From time immemorial, the Hebrew alphabet has been considered to be more than a collection of individual letters. Indeed, the essence of each letter of the Hebrew alphabet can be seen as a fundamental building block of the world. Jewish scholars throughout the ages have meditated on these letters, deriving spiritual inspiration in the process. In The Inner Meaning of the Hebrew Letters, Robert M. Haralick looks closely at each of the Hebrew characters, helping us to gain insight from this remarkable tradition. Drawing primarily upon traditional kabbalistic and chasidic thought, Haralick combines his own insights with those of great Jewish personalities such as Moshe Chayim Luzzatto and Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav, as well as drawing upon classical texts, including the Bahir, the Zohar, the Midrash, and the Talmud. One of Haralick's main sources of inspiration is the ancient Jewish art of gematria, where each letter has a numerical value as does each combination of letters. Through this traditional methodology, Haralick shows his readers the many, often dazzling, ways that the Hebrew alphabet has been examined.
Author : Joseph Yagel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (892 download)
Download or read book Hebrew Alphabet Letters And Their Spiritual Meanings written by Joseph Yagel and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hebrew language utilizes an alternate letters in order when contrasted with English language. The Jewish alphabet is frequently called the "alefbet," in light of its initial two letters. The Hebrew letter set comprises twenty-two letters. They are intriguing and captivating to find out about in light of the fact that each letter in the Alefbet contains various implications and imageries.Each letter is a symbol, brimming with numerous and more profound implications, from strict direct significance, to internal otherworldly importance. Understanding the letters gives basic knowledge into the more profound implications of the Torah and the Holy book.The in and out significance of the Hebrew letters goes beyond the sound for which they stand. The letters form the core of the Jewish language and that of the religion.The twenty-two (22) letters of the Hebrew letters in order each has an emblematic importance. Each letter in Hebrew likewise has a specific numerical value known as "Gematria." A profound investigation on the more inciting implications of the letters can change, widen and develop our learning and can lead us to more profound degrees of otherworldly experience. This book is a small section point into a more extensive and more profound field of study, which could be followed for a lifetime.
Author : Aaron L. Raskin
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Letters of Light written by Aaron L. Raskin and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a carpenter employs tools to build a home, so G-d utilized twenty-two letters of the Alef-Bais to form the heaven and earth. They are the metaphorical wood, stone and nails, the cornerposts and crossbeams of our earthly and spiritual existence.In Letters of Light, Rabbi Aaron Raskin explores the essence of these holy letters, and how by their very nature they continue to be a source of creation, reflection, prayer and inspiration in our everyday lives. Each letter is examined in terms of its graphic design, its Gematria and its Hebrew meaning. Rabbi Raskin?s insights are themselves guided by the rich foundation of Chassidus and particularly by the illuminations of Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the 7th Lubavitcher Rebbe. The result is an original and insightful examination of how Torah ? indeed the very letter of the law ? can inform every aspect of our lives, both religious and secular.
Author : Robert K. Logan
Publisher : William Morrow
ISBN 13 : 9780688063894
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (638 download)
Download or read book The Alphabet Effect written by Robert K. Logan and published by William Morrow. This book was released on 1986 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author's thesis is that Western civilization's thought patterns emerged because of its phonetic alphabet.
