LEADER 03244nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910878082303321 005 20201203195807.0 010 $a1-283-45402-5 010 $a9786613454027 010 $a1-118-29348-7 010 $a1-118-29351-7 010 $a1-118-29350-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000000083957 035 $a(EBL)849914 035 $a(OCoLC)775302465 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000622114 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12225940 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000622114 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10637736 035 $a(PQKB)10606883 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000643176 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12239956 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000643176 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10652752 035 $a(PQKB)10933972 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC849914 035 $a(PPN)244783047 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000083957 100 $a20081031d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWriting $etheory and history of the technology of civilization /$fBarry B. Powell 210 $aChichester, U.K. ;$aMalden, Mass. $cWiley-Blackwell$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (298 p.) 300 $aThis paperback edition first published 2012. 311 $a1-4051-6256-2 311 $a1-118-25532-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [263]-269) and index. 327 $aIntroduction : a difficult topic, little studied, poorly understood -- What is writing? -- Writing with signs -- Categories and features of writing -- Some general issues in the study of writing -- Protocuneiform and counting tokens -- Origins of lexigraphic writing in Mesopotamia -- Plato's Ideas and Champollion's decipherment of the Egyptian hieroglyphs -- Egyptian writing and Egyptian speech -- The origin and nature of Egyptian writing -- "The house of life" : scribes and writing in ancient Egypt -- Syllabic scripts of the Aegean -- The West Semitic revolution -- What kind of writing was West Semitic? -- The origins of West Semitic writing -- Chinese logography -- Lexigraphic writing in Mesoamerica -- The Greek alphabet : a writing that changed the world -- Summary and conclusions. 330 $aWriting: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization traces the origins of writing tied to speech from ancient Sumer through the Greek alphabet and beyond.Examines the earliest evidence for writing in Mesopotamia in the fourth millennium BC, the origins of purely phonographic systems, and the mystery of alphabetic writingIncludes discussions of Ancient Egyptian,Chinese, and Mayan writingShows how the structures of writing served and do serve social needs and in turn create patterns of social behaviorClarifies the argument with many illustrati 606 $aWriting$xHistory 606 $aAlphabet$xHistory 606 $aWriting$xSocial aspects 615 0$aWriting$xHistory. 615 0$aAlphabet$xHistory. 615 0$aWriting$xSocial aspects. 676 $a411.09 700 $aPowell$b Barry B$0182430 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910878082303321 996 $aWriting$91757256 997 $aUNINA