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  Writing and Script: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback) By (author) Andrew Robinson

  

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  Short Description for Writing and ScriptWriting is a defining marker of civilisation; without it there could be no accumulation of knowledge. Andrew Robinson tells the fascinating story of the history of writing, considering its development, and examining the enormous variety of writing and scripts we use today.
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  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Published: 27 August 2009
  • Format: Paperback 176 pages
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  • Categories: Language: History & General Works | Linguistics | History Of Ideas
  • ISBN 13: 9780199567782 ISBN 10: 0199567786
  • Sales rank: 41,652

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• Without writing, there would be no records, no history, no books, and no emails. Writing is an integral and essential part of our lives; but when did it start? Why do we all write differently and how did writing develop into what we use today? All of these questions are answered in this Very Short Introduction. Starting with the origins of writing five thousand years ago, with cuneiform and Egyptian hieroglyphs, Andrew Robinson explains how these early forms of writing developed into hundreds of scripts including the Roman alphabet and the Chinese characters. He reveals how the modern writing symbols and abbreviations we take for granted today - including airport signage and text messaging - resemble ancient ones much more closely than we might think.