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The shape of script : how and why writing systems change
Title
The shape of script : how and why writing systems change / edited by Stephen D. Houston.
ISBN
9781934691427 (alk. paper)
1934691429 (alk. paper)
Edition
1st ed.
Published
Santa Fe, N.M. : School for Advanced Research Press, 2012.
Physical Description
xxiii, 317 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 04, 2012
Series
School for Advanced Research advanced seminar series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Cuneiform: Changes and Developments / Niek Veldhuis
Scripts, High Culture, and Administration in Middle Kingdom Egypt / John Baines
Paragrams, Punctuation, and System in Ancient Roman Script / John Bodel
Stability and Change in Arabic Script / Beatrice Gruendler
Some Principles and Patterns of Script Change / Richard Salomon
Script Change in Bronze Age China / Kyle Steinke
The Development of Writing in Japan / David B. Lurie
Maya Writing: Modified, Transformed / Stephen D. Houston
The Shape of Script in a Colonial Context: Alphabetic and Pictorial Registers in Mixtec Texts / John Monaghan
Trends and Transitions in the History of Written Numerals / Stephen Chrisomalis.
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