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" Writing : "
Barry B. Powell
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BL
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642215
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Powell, Barry B
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Writing : : theory and history of the technology of civilization /\ Barry B. Powell
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| Publication Statement
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Chichester, U.K. ;Malden, MA :: Wiley-Blackwell,, 2009
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xx, 276 p. :: ill., maps, music ;; 24 cm
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9781405162562
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: 1405162562
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-269) and index
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| Contents
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Introduction : a difficult topic, little studied, poorly understood -- What is writing? -- Writing with signs -- Categories and features of writing -- Some general issues in the study of writing -- Protocuneiform and counting tokens -- Origins of lexigraphic writing in Mesopotamia -- Plato's Ideas and Champollion's decipherment of the Egyptian hieroglyphs -- Egyptian writing and Egyptian speech -- The origin and nature of Egyptian writing -- "The house of life" : scribes and writing in ancient Egypt -- Syllabic scripts of the Aegean -- The West Semitic revolution -- What kind of writing was West Semitic? -- The origins of West Semitic writing -- Chinese logography -- Lexigraphic writing in Mesoamerica -- The Greek alphabet : a writing that changed the world -- Summary and conclusions
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Writing-- History
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Alphabet-- History
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Writing-- Social aspects
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P211.P69 2009
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