The First Writing

The First Writing
Author: Stephen D. Houston
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 444
Release: 2004-12-09
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780521838610

In this book, leading scholars in the field discuss and analyse the origins of ancient writing.

The Epic of Gilgamish

The Epic of Gilgamish
Author: R. Campbell Thompson
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-10-26
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9781015427921

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Women's Writing of Ancient Mesopotamia

Women's Writing of Ancient Mesopotamia
Author: Charles Halton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2018
Genre: History
ISBN: 110705205X

This anthology translates and discusses texts authored by women of ancient Mesopotamia.

Language, Literacy, and Technology

Language, Literacy, and Technology
Author: Richard Kern
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2015-05-28
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1107036488

Language, Literacy, and Technology explores how technology matters to language and the ways we use it.

A History of Writing

A History of Writing
Author: Steven Roger Fischer
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Total Pages: 429
Release: 2020-09-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1861895887

From the earliest scratches on stone and bone to the languages of computers and the internet, A History of Writing offers an investigation into the origin and development of writing throughout the world. Illustrated with numerous examples, this book offers a global overview in a format that everyone can follow. Steven Roger Fischer also reveals his own discoveries made since the early 1980s, making it a useful reference for students and specialists as well as a delightful read for lovers of the written word everywhere.

Visible Language

Visible Language
Author: University of Chicago. Oriental Institute
Publisher: Oriental Institute Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Cuneiform writing
ISBN: 9781885923769

This unique exhibit is the result of collaborative efforts of more than twenty authors and loans from five museums. It focuses on the independent invention of writing in at least four different places in the Old world and Mesoamerica with the earliest texts of Uruk, Mesopotamia (5,300 BC) shown in the United States for the first time. Visitors to the exhibit and readers of this catalog can see and compare the parallel pathways by which writing came into being and was used by the earliest kingdoms of Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and the Maya world.

A First Writing Book

A First Writing Book
Author: Jenny Ackland
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 48
Release: 1983
Genre: Copybooks
ISBN: 9780198380535

The First Writing Book

The First Writing Book
Author: Ludovico degli Arrighi
Publisher: New York City : Chiswick Book Shop ; New Haven : Yale University Press
Total Pages: 102
Release: 1954
Genre: Alphabets
ISBN:

Writing on the Wall

Writing on the Wall
Author: Tom Standage
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2014-09-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 1620402858

Chronicles social media over two millennia, from papyrus letters that Cicero used to exchange news across the Empire to today, reminding us how modern behavior echoes that of prior centuries and encouraging debate and discussion about how we'll communicate in the future.

Writing and Literacy in Early China

Writing and Literacy in Early China
Author: Feng Li
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2012-05-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0295804505

The emergence and spread of literacy in ancient human society an important topic for all who study the ancient world, and the development of written Chinese is of particular interest, as modern Chinese orthography preserves logographic principles shared by its most ancient forms, making it unique among all present-day writing systems. In the past three decades, the discovery of previously unknown texts dating to the third century BCE and earlier, as well as older versions of known texts, has revolutionized the study of early Chinese writing. The long-term continuity and stability of the Chinese written language allow for this detailed study of the role literacy played in early civilization. The contributors to Writing and Literacy in Early China inquire into modes of manuscript production, the purposes for which texts were produced, and the ways in which they were actually used. By carefully evaluating current evidence and offering groundbreaking new interpretations, the book illuminates the nature of literacy for scribes and readers.