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The Story of Writing: Alphabets, Hieroglyphs and Pictograms (Paperback)
by Andrew Robinson (Author)

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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd; New Ed edition (Jan 2000)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0500281564
ISBN-13: 978-0500281567
Product Dimensions: 25.5 x 19.3 x 1.9 cm

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Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 345,691 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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Synopsis
People can be interested in language, writing and scripts. They may wonder how, when and where did writing evolve? Do alphabets function better than hieroglyphs? And are we today, in the computer age, moving towards a "universal language" of signs and symbols? This text aims to demystify writing for the general reader. It explains the interconnection between sound, symbol and script for each of the major writing systems in turn, and discovers and deciphers writing forms from cuneiform and Egyptian and Maya hieroglyphs to alphabets and the scripts of China and Japan today. Throughout, the reader is guided by step-by-step graphic analysis of the way each script works, with illustrated examples.