Writing from Invention to Decipherment (Hardcover)

Lingua: inglese

Editore: Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2024

0198908741 / 9780198908746

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Hardcover. 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 newlycreated 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, fromtheir 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, thatintersects and transcends neat discipline boundaries, within an inclusive approach bridging archaeology, linguistics, epigraphy, and cognitive studies. Writing from Invention to Decipherment contains a wealth of global scholarship on ancient writing systems from across the world. The writers dig into the foundations of writing, showcasing the complexities and varieties of scripts, from their invention to the potential decipherment of poorly understood scripts. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Titolo
Writing from Invention to Decipherment (Hardcover)
Autore
Silvia Ferrara
Editore
Oxford University Press, Oxford
Anno di pubblicazione
2024
Condizione
new
Rilegatura
Hardcover
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
0198908741
ISBN 13
9780198908746

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