The History of Writing. From Pictographic Writing to a Full-fledged Alphabet

The History of Writing. From Pictographic Writing to a Full-fledged Alphabet

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The work of the renowned American scholar I.D. Gelb is dedicated to the development of the history and evolution of writing in its diversity and its interconnections with other spheres of human activity. The author describes and compares various types... of writing and traces its development in detail from the earliest stages of pictographic writing to the creation of a fully developed alphabet. The last chapters are devoted to the future of writing and its connection with speech, art, and religion.

Author: Игнас Джей Гельб

Printhouse: Tsentrpoligraf

Age restrictions: 12+

Year of publication: 2017

ISBN: 9785952459397

Number of pages: 288

Size: 206х135х22 mm

Cover type: soft

Weight: 250 g

ID: 1708590

The work of the renowned American scholar I.D. Gelb is dedicated to the development of the history and evolution of writing in its diversity and its interconnections with other spheres of human activity. The author describes and compares various types of writing and traces its development in detail from the earliest stages of pictographic writing to the creation of a fully developed alphabet. The last chapters are devoted to the future of writing and its connection with speech, art, and religion.

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