The story of writing

書誌事項

The story of writing

Andrew Robinson

Thames & Hudson, 2007

New ed

タイトル別名

The story of writing : alphabets, hieroglyphs & pictograms

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注記

"With over 355 illustrations, 50 in colour."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-227) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Writing is one of humanity's greatest inventions.Without it there would be no history and no civilization as we know it. But how, when and where did writing evolve? In a succinct, absorbing and well-illustrated text, Andrew Robinson discusses the history of decipherment and then each of the major writing systems in turn, from cuneiform and Egyptian and Mayan hieroglyphs to alphabets and the scripts of China and Japan. An invaluable guide to the world's major writing systems, The Story of Writing is a book to read for both pleasure and enlightenment.

目次

I. How Writing Works 1. Reading the Rosetta Stone * 2. Sound, Symbol and Script * 3. Proto-Writing II. Extinct Writing * 4. Cuneiform * 5. Egyptian Hieroglyphs * 6. Linear B * 7. Mayan Glyphs * 8. Undeciphered Scripts III. Living Writing 9. The First Alphabet * 10. New Alphabets from Old * 11. Chinese Writing * 12. Japanese Writing * 13. From Hieroglyphs to Alphabets - and Back? * Postscript in the New Millennium

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA85549412
  • ISBN
    • 9780500286609
  • 出版国コード
    uk
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    London
  • ページ数/冊数
    232 p.
  • 大きさ
    26 cm
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