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Writing Revolution

Cuneiform to the Internet

Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

Av Amalia E. Gnanadesikan, GNANADESIKAN, Amalia E Gnanadesikan

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In a world of rapid technological advancements, it can be easy to forget that writing is the original Information Technology, created to transcend the limitations of human memory and to defy time and space. The Writing Revolution picks apart the development of this communication tool to show how it has conquered the world. Explores how writing has liberated the world, making possible everything from complex bureaucracy, literature, and science, to instruction manuals and love lettersDraws on an engaging range of examples, from the first cuneiform clay tablet, Egyptian hieroglyphs, and Japanese syllabaries, to the printing press and the text messagingWeaves together ideas from a number of fields, including history, cultural studies and archaeology, as well as linguistics and literature, to create an interdisciplinary volumeTraces the origins of each of the world’s major written traditions, along with their applications, adaptations, and cultural influences

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2008-10-30
Mått161 x 236 x 24 mm
Vikt626 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieLanguage Library
Antal sidor336
FörlagJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN9781405154062

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List of Illustrations vii Preface xi1 The First IT Revolution 12 Cuneiform: Forgotten Legacy of a Forgotten People 133 Egyptian Hieroglyphs and the Quest for Eternity 334 Chinese: A Love of Paperwork 565 Maya Glyphs: Calendars of Kings 796 Linear B: The Clerks of Agamemnon 957 Japanese: Three Scripts are Better than One 1138 Cherokee: Sequoyah Reverse-Engineers 1339 The Semitic Alphabet: Egypt to Manchuria in 3,400 Years 14310 The Empire of Sanskrit 16911 King Sejong's One-Man Renaissance 19112 Greek Serendipity 20813 The Age of Latin 22914 The Alphabet Meets the Machine 249Appendix: Figures A.1–A.7 273Further Reading 281Index 297

"Anyone interested in the development of writing, even without a background in linguistics, will find the book accessible, while linguists will appreciate the well chosen technical information that is included in the description of each individual system." (Language Documentation & Conservation, 2 December 2009) "This informative, yet accessible and entertaining, book will be of interest to readers with an interest in the history and evolution of world languages, as well as to students and instructors looking for a comprehensive and enjoyable overview of the subject.." (Language in Society, 14 December 2009)“Gnanadesikan writes about language’s evolution into modernity with the rise of technology and the World Wide Web and how writing has made possible everything from complex bureaucracy to love letters.” (Princeton Alumni Weekly Online, February 2009)