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An Exploration of Writing
Peter T. Daniels
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Description for An Exploration of Writing
Hardback. BIC Classification: CF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 236.
An Exploration of Writing is a book about our alphabets, our syllabaries, and all the other kinds of writing that people use and have used for 5000 years. It introduces the general public to a topic that hardly anyone has heard about, so it clarifies basic linguistic terms as they occur. For linguists exploring the growing field of graphonomy-the study of writing systems-in which the author has long been a pioneer, it weaves together the many threads of theory into a tapestry showing a fuller picture of what all our scripts are seen to share. An Exploration of Writing begins ... Read more
An Exploration of Writing is a book about our alphabets, our syllabaries, and all the other kinds of writing that people use and have used for 5000 years. It introduces the general public to a topic that hardly anyone has heard about, so it clarifies basic linguistic terms as they occur. For linguists exploring the growing field of graphonomy-the study of writing systems-in which the author has long been a pioneer, it weaves together the many threads of theory into a tapestry showing a fuller picture of what all our scripts are seen to share. An Exploration of Writing begins ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Condition
New
Number of Pages
254
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781795286
SKU
V9781781795286
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About Peter T. Daniels
Peter T. Daniels, the world's leading expert on writing systems, holds degrees in linguistics from Cornell University and the University of Chicago. His first interests were in Comparative Semitic linguistics, which built to the study of writing and decipherment. His challenge to his teacher I. J. Gelb's influential theories of the evolution of scripts has led to a persistent search ... Read more
Reviews for An Exploration of Writing
"Peter Daniels has thought more and more deeply about writing than anyone else around. This very engaging book reflects both. It incorporates the taxonomy of types of writing systems that he pioneered and is organized very nicely around the various ways in which a writing system reflects its (spoken) language. The book presupposes little linguistic knowledge and is clearly written." ... Read more