{"product_id":"writing-9781405162562","title":"Writing","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWriting: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e traces the origins of writing tied to speech from ancient Sumer through the Greek alphabet and beyond.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the earliest evidence for writing in Mesopotamia in the fourth millennium BC, the origins of purely phonographic systems, and the mystery of alphabetic writing\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes discussions of Ancient Egyptian,Chinese, and Mayan writing\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShows how the structures of writing served and do serve social needs and in turn create patterns of social behavior\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eClarifies the argument with many illustrations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"For anyone interested in language, writing, and their fascinating history across many cultures and centuries of development, this engagingly written, well-illustrated book will provide a very readable mine of information.\" (\u003ci\u003eCHOICE,\u003c\/i\u003e December 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Powell's concentration on precise names for terms used in discourse clears up some of the confusion common to histories of work on ancient scripts.\" (\u003ci\u003eAbout.com\u003c\/i\u003e, May 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A feature … is the use of the ancient scripts in the text with numerous illustrations to familiarize the reader with the different writing systems. The result is a readable and enlightening study of a complex topic.\" (\u003ci\u003eBryn Mawr Classical Review,\u003c\/i\u003e April 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Writing is stimulating and impressive.\" (\u003ci\u003eScience,\u003c\/i\u003e April 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations ix  \u003cp\u003eMaps xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChronology xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: A Difficult Topic, Little Studied, Poorly Understood 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 What Is Writing? 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Writing with Signs 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Categories and Features of Writing 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Some General Issues in the Study of Writing 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Protocuneiform and Counting Tokens 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Origin of Lexigraphic Writing in Mesopotamia 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Plato's \u003ci\u003eIdeas\u003c\/i\u003e and Champollion’s Decipherment of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Egyptian Writing and Egyptian Speech 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Origin and Nature of Egyptian Writing 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 “The House of Life”: Scribes and Writing in Ancient Egypt 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Syllabic Scripts of the Aegean 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The West Semitic Revolution 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 What Kind of Writing Was West Semitic? 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The Origins of West Semitic Writing 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Chinese Logography 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Lexigraphic Writing in Mesoamerica 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 The Greek Alphabet: A Writing That Changed the World 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Summary and Conclusions 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 270\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407898288471,"sku":"9781405162562","price":78.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405162562.jpg?v=1730500890","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/writing-9781405162562","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}