The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Writing Systems

Florian Coulmas (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

640 Seiten

1999
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-0-631-21481-6 (ISBN)

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* The first comprehensive reference work on writing systems and the study of writing* Describes more than 400 writing systems past and present* Includes over 500 illustrations, many never previously published* An essential reference for scholars throughout the Humanities and Social Sciences. .

This is an encyclopedia of writing systems, scripts and orthographies of all the world's major languages, past and present. It provides both a fully illustrated description of over 400 writing systems and an account of the study of writing in many different disciplines, from anthropology to psychology.

Florian Coulmas is Professor of Sociolinguistics at Chuo University, Tokyo. He was previously Professor of General Linguistics at Dusseldorf University and Research Fellow of the National Language Institute, Tokyo. He has been visiting Professor at Georgetown University and Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Study, Berlin. His principle fields of interest are the study of writing and sociolinguistics.

List of Figures vi

List of Tables xvi

Preface xxv

Acknowledgements xxvii

List of Abbreviations and Notational Conventions xxviii

A-Z entries 1-577

Bibliography 578

Erscheint lt. Verlag	18.2.1999
Verlagsort	Hoboken
Sprache	englisch
Maße	174 x 248 mm
Gewicht	1116 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften ► Paläografie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-631-21481-X / 063121481X
ISBN-13	978-0-631-21481-6 / 9780631214816
Zustand	Neuware