Writing systems, alphabets, scripts Books
Tuttle Publishing Learn Japanese with Manga Volume Two: A
Book SynopsisLearn to speak, read and write Japanese quickly using manga comics strips!If you enjoy manga, you'll love learning Japanese with this book. The language lessons are interspersed with entertaining manga comic strips that make it easy to learn and remember all the key vocabulary and grammar. The plot picks up where Learn Japanese with Manga Volume 1 left off — following Nuria, a journalist who is sent to Tokyo to research a news story, where she keeps encountering a mysterious "shadow" or kage. Use your knowledge of hiragana and katakana from Volume 1 to help you decipher hundreds of new kanji vocabulary — without romanizations! Learn to form complex sentences, with relative clauses, honorific forms and more! Learn hundreds of useful words and phrases — from how to order food in a restaurant to dealing with unexpected events and emergencies Five manga episodes are woven throughout the book, reinforcing your language skills A bidirectional dictionary and answer keys for all the exercises are included! Learn Japanese with Manga is designed for self-study by adult learners, but is also suitable for classroom use. Audio recordings by Japanese native speakers are available for free online to help you improve your pronunciation and listening skills. With a focus on the casual speech used by young people in Japan today, you'll find yourself speaking and writing Japanese before you know it!
£13.49
Tuttle Publishing Arabic in a Flash Kit Volume 1
£8.54
Tuttle Publishing Arabic for Beginners
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£14.39
Tuttle Publishing Japanese Hiragana & Katakana for Beginners: First
Book SynopsisA complete introduction to written Japanese — start here with zero knowledge and finish feeling confident!This introduction to the Japanese writing system teaches you to read and write the fundamental 92 hiragana and katakana characters—and makes learning fun and easy with a memorable picture-based method!The method that's helped thousands learn Japanese successfully: Memorable pictures help you to learn the characters by associating their shapes and sounds with combinations of images and English words already familiar to you Clear examples and engaging exercises offer opportunities to read, write, use and practice all 92 primary hiragana katakana characters, plus the remaining kana that stand for more complex sounds Polish your knowledge with word searches, crossword puzzles, fill-in-the-blanks, timed recognition quizzes, and other engaging activities The online media includes printable flashcards to help you review and practice, even while you are on the go All media content is alternatively accessible on the Tuttle Publishing websiteTrade Review"As a whole I find this book to be a useful tool to learning the characters of both writing systems. I especially like the vocabulary usage at the bottom of each characters page…If you are looking for a book to get you started with Japanese I think this is a good place to start." --BenLearnsJapanese.com blog
£14.02
HarperCollins Publishers Grapheme Chart for Year 1
Book SynopsisBig Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It comprises classroom resources to support the SSP programme and a range of phonic books that together provide a consistent and highly effective approach to teaching phonics.Dimensions: A0 841x1189mm (Poster)The website shows the VAT inclusive price. The price before VAT is 14.99.This Grow the code grapheme chart covers Phases 2, 3 and 5 GPCs, and is referred to every phonics lesson as children grow the complex alphabetic code. Display this in your classroom.
£22.28
Equinox Publishing Ltd Writing Systems
Book SynopsisThe cultures of the world have chosen different ways to make spoken language visible and permanent. The original edition of Writing Systems represented the first time that modern linguistic principles were brought to bear on a study of this. Now this new edition brings the story up to date; it incorporates topics which have emerged since the first edition (such as electronic techniques for encoding the world's scripts), together with new findings about established topics, including the ultimate historical origin of our alphabet. Featuring a series of detailed case studies of scripts of diverse types, and giving due attention to the psychology of reading and learning to read, the book is written so as to be accessible to those with no prior knowledge of any writing systems other than our own.Trade ReviewPraise for the first edition This is a splendid book ... of outstanding interest to professional linguists and students of linguistics, and also to the large number of lay readers who are fascinated by facts about human language. British Book News A refreshing and rigorous contemporary scientific examination of writing ... Linguists on all fronts should welcome this. Choice An incredible tour de force, covering both Western and East Asian scripts, their historical development and their linguistic features. The treatment of Chinese, Japanese and Korean scripts is particularly fascinating for a Western reader. ASI Newsletter I have found Sampson's book invaluable as a source of descriptive information ... it is written in a straightforward and approachable manner which makes it very engaging as general reading matter ... shows an acquaintance with recent psychological work that is seldom to be found in linguistic writing. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology the best linguistic introduction to the study of writing systems now available. LanguageTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Theoretical Preliminaries 3. The Earliest Writing 4. A Syllabic System: Linear B 5. Consonantal Writing 6. European Alphabetic Writing 7. Influences on Graph-shape Evolution 8. A Featural System: Korean Hangul 9. A Logographic System: Chinese Writing 10. Pros and Cons of Logography 11. A Mixed System: Japanese Writing 12. Writing Systems and Information Technology 13. English Spelling 14. Conclusion
£67.50
Oxford University Press CyproMinoan Inscriptions Volume 1 Analysis
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£999.99
Bob Steigerwald Simple Phonetic English Spelling
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£9.58
Tuttle Publishing Elementary Mandarin Chinese Textbook
Book SynopsisThe 24 lessons in this book are meant to be used in 3 hours per week of class instruction over one academic year. Students will need another 23 hours of outside practice and review for every hour of class time, using the materials in the accompanying Elementary Mandarin Chinese Workbook .
£21.24
Cambridge University Press Inventing an African Alphabet
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£80.75
Routledge An African Feminist Philosophy of Language
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£23.99
Cambridge University Press The Ancient Egyptian Language An Historical Study
Book SynopsisThis book, the first of its kind, examines how the phonology and grammar of the ancient Egyptian language changed over more than three thousand years of its history, from the first appearance of written documents, c.3250 BC, to the Coptic dialects of the second century AD and later. Part One discusses phonology, working backward from the vowels and consonants of Coptic to those that can be deduced for earlier stages of the language. Part Two is devoted to grammar, including both basic components such as nouns and the complex history of the verbal system. The book thus provides both a synchronic description of the five major historical stages of ancient Egyptian and a diachronic analysis of their development and relationship.Trade Review'A major contribution to our understanding of the development of Ancient Egyptian throughout its recorded history, richly exemplified and with a wealth of original insights. Essential reading.' Mark Collier, University of Liverpool'… represents the cutting edge of Egyptological linguistics and is certain to be of interest to all researchers working in the field.' Sami Uljas, University of Basel'This new history of Egyptian-Coptic - the first synthesis of its kind in nearly two decades - presents a rich material and many innovative analyses, benefiting from the author's profound expertise in the earlier textual corpora of Egyptian.' Dr Andréas Stauder, Swiss National Science Foundation and the University of Basel'Essential reading for anyone studying the development of the ancient Egyptian language or who has a more general interest in linguistics and the history of language development.' Ancient EgyptTable of Contents1. Ancient Egyptian; Part I. Phonology: 2. Coptic phonology; 3. Coptic and Egyptian; 4. Correspondents and cognates; 5. Egyptian phonology; Part II. Grammar: 6. Nouns, pronouns, and adjectives; 7. Non-verbal predicates; 8. Verbs; 9. Verbs: Egyptian I; 10. Verbs: Egyptian II; 11. Verbs: Egyptian I-II; 12. Subordination.
£37.37
Hodder & Stoughton Signs of Civilisation: How punctuation changed
Book Synopsis'Punctuation is not only an important part of our language code; an advanced system of punctuation has been a driving force in our entire Western Civilisation. Nothing less.'With the invention of printing, reading books moved from being an act only performed by priests and aristocrats into an individual, even private, activity. This change helped spark the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution - in which punctuation played a crucial role. As long as texts were read out loud only by an educated elite there was no need for punctuation to mark pauses, full stops or questions.So punctuation - the full stop, the comma, the exclamation mark, the question mark and the semicolon - helped shape modern-day Europe as we know it.
£11.07
Quercus Publishing An Atlas of Endangered Alphabets
Book SynopsisA global exploration of the many writing systems that are on the verge of vanishing, and the stories and cultures they carry with them.If something is important, we write it down. Yet 85% of the world''s writing systems are on the verge of vanishing - not granted official status, not taught in schools, discouraged and dismissed.When a culture is forced to abandon its traditional script, everything it has written for hundreds of years - sacred texts, poems, personal correspondence, legal documents, the collective experience, wisdom and identity of a people - is lost.This Atlas is about those writing systems, and the people who are trying to save them. From the ancient holy alphabets of the Middle East, now used only by tiny sects, to newly created African alphabets designed to keep cultural traditions alive in the twenty-first century: from a Sudanese script based on the ownership marks traditionally branded into camels, to a secret system used in one c
£24.00
De Gruyter Writing Systems and Their Use: An Overview of
Book SynopsisGrapholinguistics, the multifaceted study of writing systems, is growing increasingly popular, yet to date no coherent account covering and connecting its major branches exists. This book now gives an overview of the core theoretical and empirical questions of this field. A treatment of the structure of writing systems—their relation to speech and language, their material features, linguistic functions, and norms, as well as the different types in which they come—is complemented by perspectives centring on the use of writing, incorporating psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic issues such as reading processes or orthographic variation as social action. Examples stem from a variety of diverse systems such as Chinese, English, Japanese, Arabic, Thai, German, and Korean, which allows defining concepts in a broadly applicable way and thereby constructing a comparative grapholinguistic framework that provides readers with important tools for studying any writing system. The book emphasizes that grapholinguistics is a discipline in its own right, inviting discussion and further research in this up-and-coming field as well as an overdue integration of writing into general linguistic discussion.
£999.99
Tuttle Publishing Learning Japanese Kanji: The 520 Most Essential
Book SynopsisAn enjoyable and effective way to learn Japanese kanji!This useful reference book helps self-study and classroom students remember the meanings and pronunciations of 520 essential kanji. An otherwise daunting task, memorization is made easier with this book—which uses mnemonic techniques based on the psychology of learning and memory. Key principles include the use of visual imagery, the visualization of short "stories," and the systematic building-block approach that shows how more complicated characters are constructed from basic elements.This is a practical guide with a clear, concise, and appealing layout; it is well-indexed with easy look-up methods. The kanji in this volume give you the majority of characters you will encounter in daily life, from newspapers to street signs. It also includes the kanji required for the AP Japanese exam and N4 & N5 JLPT tests.Accompanying online audio provides recordings by native Japanese speakers to perfect your pronunciation.
£16.99
Oxford University Press The Ugaritic Texts and the Origins of WestSemitic Literary Composition
Book SynopsisThe discovery and decryption of Ugaritic cuneiform tablets in the 1920s has given scholars an insight into the development of alphabetic writing and the origins of biblical poetry.In this book, based on his Schweich Lectures given in 2007, Professor Dennis Pardee describes the origins of the cuneiform alphabetic writing system developed in Ugarit some time before 1250 BC, the use of alphabetic writing at Ugarit, and gives a comparison of Ugaritic and Hebrew literaturesTrade Review...reading it from cover to cover is a journey into several fascinating areas of linguistic, epigraphic and literary study. * Philippa M. Steele, Bryn Mawr Classical Review *Pardee's work in this book is that of a consummate specialist dedicated to the refinement and explication of his field. The book is lively and readable ... The book succeeds well at targeting a broad demographic: it will be understandable to the neophyte, engaging for the interested nonspecialist, and informative for the specialist. * Jeremy M. Hutton, Review of Biblical Literature *Table of Contents1. Alphabetic Origins ; 2. Ugaritic Literary Composition ; 3. Literary Composition in the Hebrew bible: the View from Ugarit
£45.00
Columbia University Press Codes of Modernity
Book SynopsisCodes of Modernity explores the global history of Chinese script reforms—efforts to alphabetize or simplify the writing system—from the 1890s to the 1980s.Trade ReviewA brilliant book on the political economy of script reforms in modern China. For the first time, Uluğ Kuzuoğlu clarifies how the technologies of writing, such as the making of new or simplified scripts to manage labor, information flow, and so on, became increasingly central to the political struggles over the future of China and its place in the world. This rich and well-researched study is a major contribution to the fields of Chinese history and global history. -- Lydia H. Liu, author of The Freudian RobotKuzuoğlu’s achievements in Codes of Modernity are unmatched. Analyzing a dazzling array of transnational historical, linguistic, and communications phenomena, he presents nothing less than the ascendancy of China’s twentieth-century political economy of information. Kuzuoğlu proves convincingly that it both shared features with and departed from global labor regimes of economy and efficiency. -- Christopher A. Reed, author of Gutenberg in Shanghai: Chinese Print Capitalism, 1876-1937Uluğ Kuzuoğlu's Codes of Modernity is not only one of the most rigorous and fascinating histories of Chinese scripts ever written, it is also a story of media, of the conditions of thought and language, and of the technological mythologies structuring the goals of 'modernity' that were central to China's ongoing transformations during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This is a field-defining book, as rich in analysis as it is in archival insights. Kuzuoğlu brilliantly reframes the history of China's efforts at language and script reform as part of a much larger economy of information and knowledge work. Codes of Modernity brings questions about the evolving conditions of Chinese orthography into conversation with the rise of information capitalism, computation, and global politics. Codes of Modernity will be indispensable to scholars of Chinese writing, but it also deserves a much wider readership—a book of archival treasures and powerful synthesis for anyone interested in the evolution of information technologies over the past two centuries. -- R. John Williams, author of The Buddha in the Machine: Art, Technology, and the Meeting of East and West Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Alphabetic Labor Time: Scripts, Wires, and Brains in the Late Qing2. The National Phonetic Alphabet: Scripts and the Birth of Language Politics3. Basic Chinese: Cognitive Management and Mass Literacy4. Simplification of Chinese Characters: Mining, Counting, Seeing5. The New Dunganese Alphabet: Latinization Across Eurasia6. The Chinese Latin Alphabet: A Revolutionary Script7. The Empire of PinyinEpilogue: A New Age of CodesNotesBibliographyIndex
£27.00
Stanford University Press Text Technologies: A History
Book SynopsisThe field of text technologies is a capacious analytical framework that focuses on all textual records throughout human history, from the earliest periods of traceable communication—perhaps as early as 60,000 BCE—to the present day. At its core, it examines the material history of communication: what constitutes a text, the purposes for which it is intended, how it functions, and the social ends that it serves. This coursebook can be used to support any pedagogical or research activities in text technologies, the history of the book, the history of information, and textually based work in the digital humanities. Through careful explanations of the field, examinations of terminology and themes, and illustrated case studies of diverse texts—from the Cyrus cylinder to the Eagles' "Hotel California"—Elaine Treharne and Claude Willan offer a clear yet nuanced overview of how humans convey meaning. Text Technologies will enable students and teachers to generate multiple lines of inquiry into how communication—its production, form and materiality, and reception—is crucial to any interpretation of culture, history, and society.Trade Review"Elaine Treharne and Claude Willan provide the big picture of the history of text—all the ways humans have recorded information from cave paintings to paper money and radar. Their work offers a rich conceptual framework and broad historical coverage to orient students and teachers amidst this fascinating landscape. Whether you are interested in theories that guide textual study, case studies about the Cyrus Cylinder or the Zoetrope, or questions of how technologies of inscription evolve, this clear and lucid book has ample material for a wide variety of curious readers."—Andrew Piper, McGill University"If there is one book to assign Humanities and Digital Humanities students that provides a wide range of knowledge about text technologies, it is this one. It introduces principal concepts along with ample historical examples, five diverse case studies, and an explanation about the way in which particular text technologies have shifted over time."—Dene Grigar, Washington State University Vancouver"A lucid and stimulating introduction to the history of text technologies, ranging from cave paintings, clay tablets, and Japanese tsunami memorials to films, mp3s, and iPads. Packed with thought-provoking examples and discussion, this book will engage a wide range of students, encouraging them to explore how the complex interplay between creativity, communication, and technology shapes global cultures."—Andrew Prescott, University of Glasgow
£89.30
Stanford University Press Text Technologies: A History
Book SynopsisThe field of text technologies is a capacious analytical framework that focuses on all textual records throughout human history, from the earliest periods of traceable communication—perhaps as early as 60,000 BCE—to the present day. At its core, it examines the material history of communication: what constitutes a text, the purposes for which it is intended, how it functions, and the social ends that it serves. This coursebook can be used to support any pedagogical or research activities in text technologies, the history of the book, the history of information, and textually based work in the digital humanities. Through careful explanations of the field, examinations of terminology and themes, and illustrated case studies of diverse texts—from the Cyrus cylinder to the Eagles' "Hotel California"—Elaine Treharne and Claude Willan offer a clear yet nuanced overview of how humans convey meaning. Text Technologies will enable students and teachers to generate multiple lines of inquiry into how communication—its production, form and materiality, and reception—is crucial to any interpretation of culture, history, and society.Trade Review"Elaine Treharne and Claude Willan provide the big picture of the history of text—all the ways humans have recorded information from cave paintings to paper money and radar. Their work offers a rich conceptual framework and broad historical coverage to orient students and teachers amidst this fascinating landscape. Whether you are interested in theories that guide textual study, case studies about the Cyrus Cylinder or the Zoetrope, or questions of how technologies of inscription evolve, this clear and lucid book has ample material for a wide variety of curious readers."—Andrew Piper, McGill University"If there is one book to assign Humanities and Digital Humanities students that provides a wide range of knowledge about text technologies, it is this one. It introduces principal concepts along with ample historical examples, five diverse case studies, and an explanation about the way in which particular text technologies have shifted over time."—Dene Grigar, Washington State University Vancouver"A lucid and stimulating introduction to the history of text technologies, ranging from cave paintings, clay tablets, and Japanese tsunami memorials to films, mp3s, and iPads. Packed with thought-provoking examples and discussion, this book will engage a wide range of students, encouraging them to explore how the complex interplay between creativity, communication, and technology shapes global cultures."—Andrew Prescott, University of Glasgow
£26.36
Stanford University Press Holy Digital Grail: A Medieval Book on the
Book SynopsisMedieval books that survive today have been through a lot: singed by fire, mottled by mold, eaten by insects, annotated by readers, cut into fragments, or damaged through well-intentioned preservation efforts. In this book, Michelle Warren tells the story of one such manuscript—an Arthurian romance with textual origins in twelfth-century England now diffused across the twenty-first century internet. This trajectory has been propelled by a succession of technologies—from paper manufacture to printing to computers. Together, they have made literary history itself a cultural technology indebted to colonial capitalism. Bringing to bear media theory, medieval literary studies, and book history, Warren shows how digital infrastructures change texts and books, even very old ones. In the process, she uncovers a practice of "tech medievalism" that weaves through the history of computing since the mid-twentieth century; metaphors indebted to King Arthur and the Holy Grail are integral to some of the technologies that now sustain medieval books on the internet. This infrastructural approach to book history illuminates how the meaning of literature is made by many people besides canonical authors: translators, scribes, patrons, readers, collectors, librarians, cataloguers, editors, photographers, software programmers, and many more. Situated at the intersections of the digital humanities, library sciences, literary history, and book history, Holy Digital Grail offers new ways to conceptualize authorship, canon formation, and the definition of a "book."Trade Review"Deeply learned, self-reflective and ethical, and a really good read, Holy Digital Grail represents a lifetime's worth of thinking deeply."—Siân Echard, University of British Columbia"Book history built around the precarious adventures of a single—and singularly embattled—Arthurian manuscript. Michelle Warren is among the most original, creative, and technologically alert medieval scholars of our time."—Paul Strohm, Columbia University"This is the kind of book history scholarship we need in the twenty-first century: connective, imaginative, and unafraid to follow the histories of books wherever they lead. Michelle Warren's fascinating account of a single manuscript and its many afterlives connects our digital present and the medieval past with insight and verve, deftly combining the study of manuscripts, digitization, and media history in a remarkable synthesis."—Alan Galey, University of Toronto"Warren's book is praiseworthy not just for her knowledge about MS 80, but also for her detailed understanding of the work involved in creating digital editions and the clarity with which she explains (what may be) unfamiliar technical terminology and processes to the reader. Warren's focus on the paratextual features of the manuscript, along with the attention she pays to processes of editing, collating, and preservation, make a thoughtful contribution to publishing studies in highlighting much of the unseen (and frequently unacknowledged) work that shapes audience interactions with medieval manuscripts."—Martha Claire Baldon, The Medieval Review"Warren's personal approach presents a tangible expression of how new digital platforms have allowed and even prompted new avenues in manuscript studies."—C. E. M. Henderson, Modern Philology"As with the search for the Holy Grail, the goal is not always entirely tangible, but the journey itself is very enlightening—and, in this case, also entertaining.... [Holy Digital Grail] is about much more than merely tracing the history of the records of one manuscript. The book addresses key questions about interactions between digital infrastructure and book history as well as the making and remaking of books. Ultimately, one could also see behind this a reflection of research data in the humanities, which results from the source, its digitization, and the multilayered enrichment over time."—Luise Borek, H-Sci-Med-Tech"Holy Digital Grail is a carefully constructed and refreshing account of the history of a medieval book, from the origins of its text to its digital existence. Warren's interdisciplinary and reflective approach allows her to successfully disentangle the intricate connections between text, matter, technology, politics, and people."—Renske Annelize Hoff, Jarbuch für KommunikationsgeschichteTable of ContentsIntroduction: Medieval Literature in the Digital Dark Ages 1. Translating Arthur: Books, Texts, Machines 2. Performing Community: Merchants, Chivalry, Data 3. Marking Manuscripts: Makers, Users, Coders 4. Cataloguing Libraries: History, Romance, Website 5. Editing Romance: Poetry, Print, Platform 6. Reproducing Books: Binding, Microfilm, Digital Conclusion: Indexing the Grail, Romancing the Internet
£100.00
Stanford University Press Holy Digital Grail: A Medieval Book on the
Book SynopsisMedieval books that survive today have been through a lot: singed by fire, mottled by mold, eaten by insects, annotated by readers, cut into fragments, or damaged through well-intentioned preservation efforts. In this book, Michelle Warren tells the story of one such manuscript—an Arthurian romance with textual origins in twelfth-century England now diffused across the twenty-first century internet. This trajectory has been propelled by a succession of technologies—from paper manufacture to printing to computers. Together, they have made literary history itself a cultural technology indebted to colonial capitalism. Bringing to bear media theory, medieval literary studies, and book history, Warren shows how digital infrastructures change texts and books, even very old ones. In the process, she uncovers a practice of "tech medievalism" that weaves through the history of computing since the mid-twentieth century; metaphors indebted to King Arthur and the Holy Grail are integral to some of the technologies that now sustain medieval books on the internet. This infrastructural approach to book history illuminates how the meaning of literature is made by many people besides canonical authors: translators, scribes, patrons, readers, collectors, librarians, cataloguers, editors, photographers, software programmers, and many more. Situated at the intersections of the digital humanities, library sciences, literary history, and book history, Holy Digital Grail offers new ways to conceptualize authorship, canon formation, and the definition of a "book."Trade Review"Deeply learned, self-reflective and ethical, and a really good read, Holy Digital Grail represents a lifetime's worth of thinking deeply."—Siân Echard, University of British Columbia"Book history built around the precarious adventures of a single—and singularly embattled—Arthurian manuscript. Michelle Warren is among the most original, creative, and technologically alert medieval scholars of our time."—Paul Strohm, Columbia University"This is the kind of book history scholarship we need in the twenty-first century: connective, imaginative, and unafraid to follow the histories of books wherever they lead. Michelle Warren's fascinating account of a single manuscript and its many afterlives connects our digital present and the medieval past with insight and verve, deftly combining the study of manuscripts, digitization, and media history in a remarkable synthesis."—Alan Galey, University of Toronto"Warren's book is praiseworthy not just for her knowledge about MS 80, but also for her detailed understanding of the work involved in creating digital editions and the clarity with which she explains (what may be) unfamiliar technical terminology and processes to the reader. Warren's focus on the paratextual features of the manuscript, along with the attention she pays to processes of editing, collating, and preservation, make a thoughtful contribution to publishing studies in highlighting much of the unseen (and frequently unacknowledged) work that shapes audience interactions with medieval manuscripts."—Martha Claire Baldon, The Medieval Review"Warren's personal approach presents a tangible expression of how new digital platforms have allowed and even prompted new avenues in manuscript studies."—C. E. M. Henderson, Modern Philology"As with the search for the Holy Grail, the goal is not always entirely tangible, but the journey itself is very enlightening—and, in this case, also entertaining.... [Holy Digital Grail] is about much more than merely tracing the history of the records of one manuscript. The book addresses key questions about interactions between digital infrastructure and book history as well as the making and remaking of books. Ultimately, one could also see behind this a reflection of research data in the humanities, which results from the source, its digitization, and the multilayered enrichment over time."—Luise Borek, H-Sci-Med-Tech"Holy Digital Grail is a carefully constructed and refreshing account of the history of a medieval book, from the origins of its text to its digital existence. Warren's interdisciplinary and reflective approach allows her to successfully disentangle the intricate connections between text, matter, technology, politics, and people."—Renske Annelize Hoff, Jarbuch für KommunikationsgeschichteTable of ContentsIntroduction: Medieval Literature in the Digital Dark Ages 1. Translating Arthur: Books, Texts, Machines 2. Performing Community: Merchants, Chivalry, Data 3. Marking Manuscripts: Makers, Users, Coders 4. Cataloguing Libraries: History, Romance, Website 5. Editing Romance: Poetry, Print, Platform 6. Reproducing Books: Binding, Microfilm, Digital Conclusion: Indexing the Grail, Romancing the Internet
£26.99
Fordham University Press The K-Effect: Romanization, Modernism, and the
Book SynopsisThe K-Effect shows how the roman alphabet has functioned as a standardizing global model for modern print culture. Investigating the history and ongoing effects of romanization, Christopher GoGwilt reads modernism in a global and comparative perspective, through the works of Joseph Conrad and others. The book explores the ambiguous effect of romanized transliteration both in the service of colonization and as an instrument of decolonization. This simultaneously standardizing and destabilizing effect is abbreviated in the way the letter K indexes changing hierarchies in the relation between languages and scripts. The book traces this K-effect through the linguistic work of transliteration and its aesthetic organization in transnational modernism. The book examines a variety of different cases of romanization: the historical shift from Arabic script to romanized print form in writing Malay; the politicization of language and script reforms across Russia and Central Europe; the role of Chinese debates about romanization in shaping global transformations in print media; and the place of romanization between ancient Sanskrit models of language and script and contemporary digital forms of coding. Each case study develops an analysis of Conrad’s fiction read in comparison with such other writers as James Joyce, Lu Xun, Franz Kafka, and Pramoedya Ananta Toer. The first sustained cultural study of romanization, The K-Effect proposes an important new way to assess the multi-lingual and multi-script coordinates of modern print culture.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Conrad’s “timely appearance in English” 1 The K-effect, 6 • Conrad’s “timely appearance in English,” 13 • The K-effect circa 1911, 21 • Overview of the Book, 25 1 The English Case of Romanization: From Conrad’s “blank space” to Joyce’s “iSpace” 31 Defining Romanization: The Oxford English Dictionary and Joseph Conrad, 32 • Conrad’s Accusative Case: Lord Jim and Nostromo, 51 • Joycean “iSpace” and the Conradian “blank space,” 59 2 The Russian Face of Romanization: The K in Conrad and Kafka 72 Language, Script, and Reform in the Russian Empire, 77 • Under Western Eyes, A Personal Record, and “Prince Roman,” 83 • Kafka and Conrad: The Character and Function of K in Central Europe, 102 3 The Chinese Character of Romanization: Conrad and Lu Xun 117 The Chinese Script Revolution and Romanization, 118 • Conrad’s Chinese Characters: Almayer’s Folly to Victory, 127 • Conrad and Lu Xun: The Interface of Chinese and Roman Characters, 144 4 Sanskritization, Romanization, Digitization 157 Sanskritization, 165 • Sanskritization and Romanization in the OED and in Pramoedya Ananta Toer, 174 • Digitization, 179 Acknowledgments 191 Notes 195 Bibliography 217 Index 227
£25.19
Basic Books A Place for Everything: The Curious History of
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£16.19
Little, Brown & Company ABCs in the Bible
Book SynopsisWith this creative primer, little ones can learn about the alphabet and the Bible all at the same time! Just flip through the sturdy pages to discover letters from A to Z, all vibrantly illustrated with examples from the Bible. Children will develop familiarity with letters and with the people, places and things of the Bible as they read A is for Ark, J is for Jesus and more. With a padded cover and durable pages, ABCs in the Bible can withstand diaper bags, car seats and teething tots for years to come. Parents won't want to miss this dual-purpose primer that makes learning easy and enjoyable.
£7.99
Inner Traditions Bear and Company Alphabets and the Mystery Traditions
Book SynopsisReveals the esoteric mysteries encoded in the order of the alphabet. Our alphabet hides a Mystery older than its magic of turning sound into shapes. Secrets lie in the choice of objects chosen to represent early alphabet letters and their order, a pattern inherited by numerous traditions, an alchemical spell to return the sun from the dark and guide the soul toward enlightenment. Revealing the spell hidden in our alphabet, Judith Dillon explores the importance of the placement of each letter in early alphabets and how each letter represented a specific step on the alchemical path of self-transformation. She investigates the alphabet’s spread around the world, beginning in Egypt and then spreading through Hebrew, Greek, and other ancient systems of writing and divination. These include Germanic Runes, Celtic Oghams, Tarot cards, the I Ching, and the wisdom of Mother Goose. Comparing the mythic attributes of many traditions, the author reveals
£18.75
Equinox Publishing Ltd Writing Systems
Book SynopsisThe cultures of the world have chosen different ways to make spoken language visible and permanent. The original edition of Writing Systems represented the first time that modern linguistic principles were brought to bear on a study of this. Now this new edition brings the story up to date; it incorporates topics which have emerged since the first edition (such as electronic techniques for encoding the world's scripts), together with new findings about established topics, including the ultimate historical origin of our alphabet. Featuring a series of detailed case studies of scripts of diverse types, and giving due attention to the psychology of reading and learning to read, the book is written so as to be accessible to those with no prior knowledge of any writing systems other than our own.Trade ReviewPraise for the first edition This is a splendid book ... of outstanding interest to professional linguists and students of linguistics, and also to the large number of lay readers who are fascinated by facts about human language. British Book News A refreshing and rigorous contemporary scientific examination of writing ... Linguists on all fronts should welcome this. Choice An incredible tour de force, covering both Western and East Asian scripts, their historical development and their linguistic features. The treatment of Chinese, Japanese and Korean scripts is particularly fascinating for a Western reader. ASI Newsletter I have found Sampson's book invaluable as a source of descriptive information ... it is written in a straightforward and approachable manner which makes it very engaging as general reading matter ... shows an acquaintance with recent psychological work that is seldom to be found in linguistic writing. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology the best linguistic introduction to the study of writing systems now available. LanguageTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Theoretical Preliminaries 3. The Earliest Writing 4. A Syllabic System: Linear B 5. Consonantal Writing 6. European Alphabetic Writing 7. Influences on Graph-shape Evolution 8. A Featural System: Korean Hangul 9. A Logographic System: Chinese Writing 10. Pros and Cons of Logography 11. A Mixed System: Japanese Writing 12. Writing Systems and Information Technology 13. English Spelling 14. Conclusion
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Equinox Publishing Ltd An Exploration of Writing
Book SynopsisAn Exploration of Writing is a book about our alphabets, our syllabaries, and all the other kinds of writing that people use and have used for 5000 years. It introduces the general public to a topic that hardly anyone has heard about, so it clarifies basic linguistic terms as they occur. For linguists exploring the growing field of graphonomy-the study of writing systems-in which the author has long been a pioneer, it weaves together the many threads of theory into a tapestry showing a fuller picture of what all our scripts are seen to share. An Exploration of Writing begins with more familiar kinds of writing considered in unfamiliar ways-starting with English viewed syllabically--and leads the reader across the Old World and the New to less familiar kinds of writing, showing how all writings share a fundamental essence, however diverse they appear to be, because all writing represents language. The more familiar (Hebrew, Chinese, Korean) leads on to the less familiar (Udi, Pahlavi, Javanese). Featured are some of the world's most recently elucidated scripts, and some that are long known but long neglected, such as those for Central Asian languages, and some of the most recent interpretations of long-mysterious scripts, such as Sumerian and Mesoamerican. An Exploration of Writing is in the tradition of and in part a response to A Study of Writing (1952/1963), by I. J. Gelb. It encapsulates more than thirty years of the author's work and his dozens of articles on writing systems, ranging from investigating the physical process of writing to bringing to light the achievements of those who had deciphered forgotten scripts to developing a theoretical approach to the origins of writing which leads to insights into the nature of writing itself.Trade Review"Peter Daniels has thought more and more deeply about writing than anyone else around. This very engaging book reflects both. It incorporates the taxonomy of types of writing systems that he pioneered and is organized very nicely around the various ways in which a writing system reflects its (spoken) language. The book presupposes little linguistic knowledge and is clearly written." Professor Mark Aronoff, Stony Brook University "No student of linguistics, nor educator, psychologist, or social scientist concerned with literacy, can afford to remain ignorant of the fundamentals of writing systems. It is a great honor to commend to the reader a work of such exceptional scholarship." Professor David L. Share, University of Haifa (from the Foreword)Table of ContentsForeword David L. Share, University of HaifaIntroduction1. Syllables and Syllabaries2. Segments and Alphabets3. Consonants and Abjads4. Moras and Kana5. Clusters and Abugidas6. Morphemes and Morphograms7. Words and Heterograms8. Hybrids and Innovations9. Recoveries and Decipherments10. Pictograms and Mysteries11. Origins and Characteristics12. Graphonomy and Linguistics
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Equinox Publishing Ltd An Exploration of Writing
Book SynopsisAn Exploration of Writing is a book about our alphabets, our syllabaries, and all the other kinds of writing that people use and have used for 5000 years. It introduces the general public to a topic that hardly anyone has heard about, so it clarifies basic linguistic terms as they occur. For linguists exploring the growing field of graphonomy-the study of writing systems-in which the author has long been a pioneer, it weaves together the many threads of theory into a tapestry showing a fuller picture of what all our scripts are seen to share. An Exploration of Writing begins with more familiar kinds of writing considered in unfamiliar ways-starting with English viewed syllabically--and leads the reader across the Old World and the New to less familiar kinds of writing, showing how all writings share a fundamental essence, however diverse they appear to be, because all writing represents language. The more familiar (Hebrew, Chinese, Korean) leads on to the less familiar (Udi, Pahlavi, Javanese). Featured are some of the world's most recently elucidated scripts, and some that are long known but long neglected, such as those for Central Asian languages, and some of the most recent interpretations of long-mysterious scripts, such as Sumerian and Mesoamerican. An Exploration of Writing is in the tradition of and in part a response to A Study of Writing (1952/1963), by I. J. Gelb. It encapsulates more than thirty years of the author's work and his dozens of articles on writing systems, ranging from investigating the physical process of writing to bringing to light the achievements of those who had deciphered forgotten scripts to developing a theoretical approach to the origins of writing which leads to insights into the nature of writing itself.Trade Review"Peter Daniels has thought more and more deeply about writing than anyone else around. This very engaging book reflects both. It incorporates the taxonomy of types of writing systems that he pioneered and is organized very nicely around the various ways in which a writing system reflects its (spoken) language. The book presupposes little linguistic knowledge and is clearly written." Professor Mark Aronoff, Stony Brook University "No student of linguistics, nor educator, psychologist, or social scientist concerned with literacy, can afford to remain ignorant of the fundamentals of writing systems. It is a great honor to commend to the reader a work of such exceptional scholarship." Professor David L. Share, University of Haifa (from the Foreword)Table of ContentsForeword David L. Share, University of HaifaIntroduction1. Syllables and Syllabaries2. Segments and Alphabets3. Consonants and Abjads4. Moras and Kana5. Clusters and Abugidas6. Morphemes and Morphograms7. Words and Heterograms8. Hybrids and Innovations9. Recoveries and Decipherments10. Pictograms and Mysteries11. Origins and Characteristics12. Graphonomy and Linguistics
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De Gruyter Struktur und Wandel vormoderner Schreibsprachen
Book SynopsisDie Prinzipien des schreibsprachlichen Wandels stehen im Mittelpunkt dieser empirischen Untersuchung, in der nach einem neuartigen variationsanalytischen Verfahren zehn subsequente Schreibsysteme zwischen 1350 und 1650 kontrastiert werden. Dabei zeigt sich, dass der Wandel nicht als lineares Entwicklungsprinzip zu interpretieren ist, sondern als "diachronische Variation" im Sinne einer soziopragmatischen Stilgeschichte.
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De Gruyter Spatien: Zum System der Getrennt- und Zusammenschreibung im heutigen Deutsch
Book SynopsisDie Arbeit ist die erste umfassende und theoretisch fundierte Systemanalyse der Getrennt-/Zusammenschreibung (GZS) im Deutschen. Im Rahmen der Optimalitätstheorie wird das Zusammenwirken der Gesetze expliziert, die abhängig von bestimmten grammatischen Faktoren Spatien in der Graphemfolge fordern bzw. verbieten. Besondere Aufmerksamkeit gilt einem zentralen Gesetz, das für Teilglieder morphologisch gebildeter Komplexe Zusammenschreibung verlangt. Wie der Begriff "morphologisch" hierbei zu deuten ist, wird ausführlich diskutiert. Die Untersuchung wird separat für die GZS vor und nach der Rechtschreibreform durchgeführt (Alt- bzw. Neu-GZS). Als Tertium Comparationis wird anhand der vielen unveränderten Schreibungen ein Kern-System der deutschen GZS ermittelt. Beim Vergleich der Varianten ergibt sich, dass das System der Neu-GZS komplexer ist als das der Alt-GZS und zudem gegen zentrale Grundsätze des Kern-Systems verstößt.
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de Gruyter Die KoptischGnostische Schrift Ohne Titel Aus
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de Gruyter Entstehung von Sprachen und Völkern
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de Gruyter Symmetrie bei Schriftsystemen
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de Gruyter Schriftsystem und Orthographie
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De Gruyter Zur Neuregelung der deutschen Orthographie: Begründung und Kritik
Book SynopsisThe German Linguistic Studies Series is a comprehensive and outstanding forum in its field. It has borne the name of its subject in its title since the foundation of the series in the eighth decade of the last century.The series is comprehensive in the broad spectrum of topics covered (language levels, varieties, communication forms, epochs) in the range of research perspectives (theoretical and empirical studies, fundamental research and applications, interdisciplinarity with psychology, the social sciences etc.) and methodologies (the sole criterion is quality), in the rhythm of research (trends are perceived and also set, achievements are secured) and in the forms of presentation (monographs, textbooks, collected volumes, dictionaries).Professorial theses, outstanding doctoral theses, pioneering research findings from wider contexts, but also the surprising ‛stroke of genius’ set the standards for inclusion in the series. Call for Book Proposals: https://blog.degruyter.com/call-for-book-proposals-reihe-germanistische-linguistik/ Table of ContentsInhalt: Teil I: Die Entstehung der Neuregelung und ihre Begründung: H. Zabel, Die Geschichte der Reformbemühungen von 1970 bis 1995 in der BRD. - S. Hilliger/D. Nerius, Die Geschichte der Reformbemühungen von 1965 bis 1990 in der DDR. - K. Blüml, Die Geschichte der Reformbemühungen von 1960 bis 1995 in Österreich. - R. Looser/H. Sitta, Die Geschichte der Reformbemühungen von 1970 bis 1995 in der Schweiz. - H. Zabel, Der Internationale Arbeitskreis für Orthographie. - Abschlußerklärung der 3. Wiener Gespräche zur Neuregelung der deutschen Rechtschreibung vom 22.-24.11.1994. - Gemeinsame Absichtserklärung zur Neuregelung der deutschen Rechtschreibung vom 1.7.1996. - G. Augst/B. Schaeder, Die Architektur des amtlichen Regelwerks. - P. Gallmann/H. Sitta, Zum Begriff der orthographischen Regel. - G. Augst/E. Stock, Laut-Buchstaben-Zuordnung. - P. Gallmann, Warum die Schweizer weiterhin kein Eszett schreiben. Zugleich eine Anmerkung zu Eisenbergs Silbengelenk-Theorie. - H. Zabel, Fremdwortschreibung. - B. Schaeder, Getrennt- und Zusammenschreibung: zwischen Wortgruppe und Wort, Grammatik und Lexikon. - P. Gallmann, Konzepte der Nominalität. - R. Baudusch, Zur Reform der Zeichensetzung: Begründung und Kommentar. - G. Augst, Die Worttrennung. - K. Heller/J. Scharnhorst, Kommentar zum Wörterverzeichnis. - Teil II: Kritisches zur Neuregelung und alternative Konzepte: M. Kohrt, Orthographische Normen in der demokratischen Gesellschaft. - Studiengruppe Geschriebene Sprache: Der Alternativentwurf der Studiengruppe Geschriebene Sprache. - P. Eisenberg, Die besondere Kennzeichnung der kurzen Vokale: Vergleich und Bewertung der Neuregelung. - U. Maas, Orthographische Regularitäten, Regeln und ihre Deregulierung. Am Beispiel der Dehnungszeichen im Deutschen. - D. Herberg, Aussageabsicht als Schreibungskriterium: ein alternatives Reformkonzept für die Regelung der Getrennt- und Zusammenschreibung (GZS). - G. Augst, Das Problem des Regelaufbaus und der Regeloperationalisierung am Beispiel der Großschreibung von Substantiven und Substantivierungen. - H.H. Munske, Über den Sinn der Großschreibung: ein Alternativvorschlag zur Neuregelung. - P. Ewald/D. Nerius, Die Alternative: gemäßigte Kleinschreibung. - P. Gallmann, Zum Komma bei Infinitivgruppen. - B. Primus, Satzbegriffe und Interpunktion. - R. Baudusch, "Die unproblematischsten Vorschläge sind die zur Zeichensetzung".
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De Gruyter Rechtschreiben, Recht sprechen, recht haben - der Diskurs über die Rechtschreibreform: Eine linguistische Analyse des Streits in der Presse
Book SynopsisIn diesem Buch wird die Geschichte des Diskurses über die Rechtschreibreform aus diskurslinguistischer Perspektive nachgezeichnet. Auf der Basis eines umfangreichen Korpus - mit 733 Zeitungsartikeln und über 300 000 Wörtern aus den Focus-, Spiegel- und SZ-Jahrgängen 1994 bis 1999 - konzentriert sich die Analyse auf die Selektivität und Emotionalität des Diskurses. Die Selektivität des Diskurses schlägt sich in einer Reihe von Beispielen wie dass, Stängel, Spagetti, Schifffahrt und Tollpatsch nieder, die u.a. aufgrund ihres häufigen Vorkommens als Schlüsselwörter des Diskurses angesehen werden können. Sie repräsentieren einerseits den Wissensausschnitt, der dem Diskurspublikum im Rahmen des diskursiven Wissenstransfers vermittelt wird. Andererseits zeichnet sich bereits die Emotionalität des Diskurses ab, wenn verschiedene Beispiele als Pars pro toto für die Rechtschreibreform verwendet werden, eine Bewertung zum Ausdruck bringen oder offensichtlich allein aus (ortho)graphischen Gründen in teilweise sehr bemüht formulierten Schlagzeilen vorkommen. Die Schlagzeilen des Diskurses sind geprägt von einem starken Emotionalisierungspotential mit einer eindeutig negativen Tendenz, die sich mit Schlüsselaussagen wie »Die Rechtschreibreform ist überflüssig wie ein Kropf«, »Der Diskurs über die Rechtschreibreform ist ein Glaubenskrieg« und »Die Akteure des Diskurses machen sich lächerlich und ignorieren die Meinung der Bevölkerung« paraphrasieren läßt.
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De Gruyter La competenza scrittoria mediale: Studi sulla scrittura popolare
Book SynopsisQual è la reale competenza scrittoria mediale di scriventi con istruzione elementare e quali fattori sono da ritenere costitutivi di tale competenza? Questo il quesito al quale si è cercato di rispondere sulla base dell'analisi di un corpus di >scrittura popolare< raccolto nell'Archivio Diaristico Nazionale di Pieve S. Stefano: una trentina di memorie, diari e lettere, prevalentemente manoscritti, di scriventi toscani del '900, tutti con istruzione scolastica elementare (3--6 anni). La competenza mediale riguarda i livelli di scrittura costitutivi del codice scritto: l'ortografia, l'interpunzione e l'aspetto esteriore del testo. I dati rilevati vengono confrontati sia con le diverse caratteristiche socioculturali degli scriventi (livello di scolarità, attività professionale, età e sesso dello scrivente, ecc.) sia con la situazione comunicativa concreta, al fine di identificare i fattori rilevanti nella costituzione della competenza scrittoria (compreso l'adeguamento alle necessità comunicative). Il quadro teorico in cui si sviluppa l'indagine comprende la scrittura in quanto sistema, i processi dello scrivere, e i meccanismi di acquisizione della scrittura, mettendo a frutto i risultati di tali ricerche per lo specifico contesto della scrittura popolare italiana e avvicinando cos delle discipline sinora senza contatto tra loro.
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De Gruyter The Structure of English Orthography
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Tuttle Publishing Chinese Language Writing Workbook
Book SynopsisLearn and practice how to write Chinese characters with this handy workbook!This essential workbook is designed for beginners to learn to write Chinese characters the correct way, and to provide an easy-format notebook of blank gridded & lined pages for writing practice.A brief introduction to Chinese pronunciation and tones is provided along with common greetings, expressions, and explanations of the eight basic Chinese writing strokes?and how they are combined to create characters.Stroke-order instructions and practice writing boxes are given for the 48 most common characters. Learners can write each character by simply following the directional arrows in the grids. The book then provides 110 additional blank lined and gridded pages for continued writing practice?extremely helpful to beginners to write and memorize the basic characters!At the back of the book, helpful tips are provided showing how characters are combined to form words and sentences. Complete vocabulary lists for the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) Level 1 and Level 2 standard proficiency exams are also included. These lists contain all the characters which beginning first-year and second-year students are expected to learn.Free online audio recordings by native Chinese speakers provide the correct pronunciations of all the characters and words in the book.
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Houghton Mifflin 100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know
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