Writing Systems: A Linguistic Approach - Brossura

Rogers, Henry

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ISBN 10: 0631234640 ISBN 13: 9780631234647

Casa editrice: Wiley-Blackwell, 2004

Riassunto

Accessibly written, Writing Systems: A Linguistic Approach 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.

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• Presents each system in light of four major aspects of writing: history and development, internal structure, the relationship of writing and language, and sociolinguistic aspects.
  
• Includes glossary of technical terms, extensive illustrations, exercises and further reading suggestions to aid in teaching from the book.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Henry Rogers is Professor in the Departments of Linguistics and Anthropology at the University of Toronto. He is author of Sounds of Language: An Introduction to Phonetics (2000) and Theoretical and Practical Phonetics (1990), and has published widely on both phonetics and writing systems.

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Accessibly written, Writing Systems: A Linguistic Approach 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. The book examines systems as diverse as Chinese, Greek, and Maya and each writing system is presented in the light of four major aspects of writing: history and development; internal structure; the relationship of writing and language; and sociolinguistic factors.

The volume is extensively illustrated and the glossary of technical terms, exercises, and further reading suggestions that accompany each chapter make Writing Systems a valuable resource for students in linguistics and anthropology.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Wiley-Blackwell
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0631234640
• ISBN 13: 9780631234647
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 344
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile