By Amalia E. Gnanadesikan
ISBN-10: 1405154063
ISBN-13: 9781405154062
ISBN-10: 1405154071
ISBN-13: 9781405154079
- Explores how writing has liberated the area, making attainable every little thing from advanced forms, literature, and technological know-how, to guideline manuals and love letters
- Draws on an interesting variety of examples, from the 1st cuneiform clay pill, Egyptian hieroglyphs, and jap syllabaries, to the printing press and the textual content messaging
- Weaves jointly principles from a few fields, together with historical past, cultural experiences and archaeology, in addition to linguistics and literature, to create an interdisciplinary volume
- Traces the origins of every of the world’s significant written traditions, besides their purposes, variations, and cultural influences
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