Writing and script :
Robinson, Andrew, 1957-
Writing and script : a very short introduction / Andrew Robinson. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. - xii, 157 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. - Very short introductions .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Writing and its emergence -- Development and diffusion of wrtiting -- Disappearance of scripts -- Decipherment and undeciphered scripts -- How writing systems work -- Alphabets -- Chinese and Japanese writing -- Scribes and materials -- Writing goes electronic.
9780199567782 (pbk.)
2009464938
Symbolism in communication--History.
Writing--History.
302.2244
Writing and script : a very short introduction / Andrew Robinson. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. - xii, 157 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. - Very short introductions .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Writing and its emergence -- Development and diffusion of wrtiting -- Disappearance of scripts -- Decipherment and undeciphered scripts -- How writing systems work -- Alphabets -- Chinese and Japanese writing -- Scribes and materials -- Writing goes electronic.
9780199567782 (pbk.)
2009464938
Symbolism in communication--History.
Writing--History.
302.2244