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.

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