The Idea of Writing
Voogt, Alex de [u.a.] [Hrsg.]:
The Idea of Writing : Writing Across Borders / ed. by Alex de Voogt and Joachim Friedrich Quack. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012. - vi, 254 S. : Ill., Kt.
ISBN 978-90-04-21545-0
EUR 99,00 / US$ 135,00
DDC: 411.09
Beschreibung
The Idea of Writing is an exploration of the versatility of writing systems. This volume, the second in a series, is specifically concerned with the problems and possibilities of adapting a writing system to another language. Writing is studied as it is used across linguistic and cultural borders from ancient Egyptian, Cuneiform and Korean writing to Japanese, Kharosthi and Near Eastern scripts. This collection of articles aims to highlight the complexity of writing systems rather than to provide a first introduction. The different academic traditions in which these writing systems have been studied use linguistic, socio-historical and philological approaches that give complementary insights of the complex phenomena. [Verlagsinformation]
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ALEX DE VOOGT, Ph.D. (1995) in Psychology, Leiden University, is an Assistant Curator at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. His studies on writing systems and the dispersal of board games focus on the Indian Ocean region. Profile page.
JOACHIM FRIEDRICH QUACK, Ph.D. (1993) in Egyptology, University of Tübingen, Habilitation (2003) in Egyptology, Free University of Berlin, is Professor of Egyptology at Heidelberg University. He is a leading specialist for Egyptian cursive writing systems. Profile page.
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Voogt / Quack: The Idea of Writing, 2012
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