Writing Systems: A Linguistic Approach by Rogers, Henry

Writing Systems: A Linguistic Approach (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780631234647)

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Writing Systems: A Linguistic Approach by Rogers, Henry

Writing Systems: A Linguistic Approach

$59.95
Writing Systems: A Linguistic Approach by Rogers, Henry

Writing Systems: A Linguistic Approach

$59.95
Format: Paperback
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Accessibly written, Writing Systems: A Linguistic Approach provides detailed coverage of all major writing systems of historical or structural significance with thorough discussion of structure, history, and social context as well as important theoretical issues. Discusses systems as diverse as Chinese, Greek, and Maya.

  • Presents each system in light of four major aspects of writing: history and development, internal structure, the relationship of writing and language, and sociolinguistic aspects.
  • Includes glossary of technical terms, extensive illustrations, exercises and further reading suggestions to aid in teaching from the book.


Author: Henry Rogers
ISBN-10: 0631234640
ISBN-13: 9780631234647
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 07/02/2004
Pages: 322
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.34lbs
Size: 9.64h x 6.72w x 0.94d
By Henry Rogers
By Henry Rogers
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Henry Rogers is Professor in the Departments of Linguistics and Anthropology at the University of Toronto. He is author of Sounds of Language: An Introduction to Phonetics (2000) and Theoretical and Practical Phonetics (1990), and has published widely on both phonetics and writing systems.

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