Edition |
1st ed. |
Description |
381 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 372-375). |
Contents |
A short history of writing -- Pictogram, ideogram, and phonogram -- The Lady of the Turquoise: proto-Sinaitic script -- The example of the letter aleph -- When aleph became alpha -- The alphabet -- The archeographic revolution. |
Summary |
Traces the origins of the alphabet beginning with the first pictograms of 5,000 years ago, describing the changes the alphabet has gone through in different countries and cultures. |
Subject |
Alphabet -- History.
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Writing -- History.
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ISBN |
0789205238 |
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9780789205230 |
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0789205211 (pbk.) |
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9780789205216 (pbk.) |
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