| Description |
224 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles (some color), maps (some color), portraits (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
I. How Writing Works. Ch. 1. Reading the Rosetta Stone. Ch. 2. Sound, Symbol and Script. Ch. 3. Proto-Writing -- II. Extinct Writing. Ch. 4. Cuneiform. Ch. 5. Egyptian Hieroglyphs. Ch. 6. Linear B. Ch. 7. Mayan Glyphs. Ch. 8. Undeciphered Scripts -- III. Living Writing. Ch. 9. The First Alphabet. Ch. 10. New Alphabets From Old. Ch. 11. Chinese Writing. Ch. 12. Japanese Writing. Ch. 13. From Hieroglyphs to Alphabets -- and Back? |
| Summary |
"In a succinct and absorbing text, Andrew Robinson explains the interconnection between sound, symbol and script. He discusses each of the major writing systems in turn, from cuneiform and Egyptian and Mayan hieroglyphs to alphabets and the scripts of China and Japan, as well as others such as the Cherokee 'alphabet' and the writing runes."--BOOK COVER |
| Notes |
Cover subtitle: Alphabets, hieroglyphs & pictograms |
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Originally published: 1995 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Alphabet -- History.
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Hieroglyphics.
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Symbolism in communication -- History.
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Writing -- History.
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Writing -- history.
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| LC no. |
00002120 |
| ISBN |
0500281564 (paperback) |
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