ISBN:
9789004217003
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (262 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
The Idea of Writing Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
302.2/244
Keywords:
Language and languages Orthography and spelling
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Written communication
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Writing
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Language and languages ; Orthography and spelling
;
Writing
;
Written communication
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
This exploration of the versatility of writing systems highlights their complexity when used for more than one language. The approaches of authors from different academic traditions provide a varied and expert account.
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Invention and Borrowing in the Development and Dispersal of Writing Systems -- 27-30-22-26 - How Many Letters Needs an Alphabet? The Case of Semitic -- Nubian Graffiti Messages and the History of Writing in the Sudanese Nile Basin -- About "Short" Names of Letters -- Early Adaptations of the Korean Script to Render Foreign Languages -- Han'gŭl Reform Movement in the Twentieth Century: Roman Pressure on Korean Writing -- The Character of the Indian Kharosthī Script and the "Sanskrit Revolution": A Writing System Between Identity and Assimilation -- Symmetry and Asymmetry, Chinese Writing in Japan: The Case of Kojiki (712) -- Writing Semitic with Cuneiform Script. The Interaction of Sumerian and Akkadian Orthography in the Second Half of the Third Millennium BC -- Old Wine in New Wineskins? How to Write Classical Egyptian Rituals in More Modern Writing Systems -- Subject Index -- Language (Group) and Script Index -- Author Index.
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Acknowledgements; Invention and Borrowing in the Development and Dispersal of Writing Systems; 27-30-22-26 - How Many Letters Needs an Alphabet? The Case of Semitic; Nubian Graffiti Messages and the History of Writing in the Sudanese Nile Basin; About "Short" Names of Letters; Early Adaptations of the Korean Script to Render Foreign Languages; Han'gŭl Reform Movement in the Twentieth Century: Roman Pressure on Korean Writing; The Character of the Indian Kharosthī Script and the "Sanskrit Revolution": A Writing System Between Identity and Assimilation
Description / Table of Contents:
Symmetry and Asymmetry, Chinese Writing in Japan: The Case of Kojiki (712)Writing Semitic with Cuneiform Script. The Interaction of Sumerian and Akkadian Orthography in the Second Half of the Third Millennium BC; Old Wine in New Wineskins? How to Write Classical Egyptian Rituals in More Modern Writing Systems; Subject Index; Language (Group) and Script Index; Author Index;
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https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1010608
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