| 000 -LEADER |
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| fixed length control field |
01322cam a2200193 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
9780199567782 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
302.2244 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME |
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| Personal name |
Robinson, Andrew |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Writing and script : a very short introduction [electronic resource] / |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
Oxford ; New York : |
| Name of publisher |
Oxford University Press, |
| Year of publication |
2009. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Number of Pages |
one online resource (xii, 157 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations |
| 490 0# - SERIES STATEMENT |
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| Series statement |
Very short introductions |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Writing and its emergence -- Development and diffusion of wrtiting -- Disappearance of scripts -- Decipherment and undeciphered scripts -- How writing systems work -- Alphabets -- Chinese and Japanese writing -- Scribes and materials -- Writing goes electronic. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"Starting with the origins of writing five thousand years ago, with cuneiform and Egyptian hieroglyphs, Andrew Robinson explains how these early forms of writing developed into hundreds of scripts including the Roman alphabet and the Chinese characters. He reveals how the modern writing system we take for granted - including airport signage and electronic text messaging - resemble ancient scripts much more closely than we think."--Jacket
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| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Writing -- History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Symbolism in communication -- History. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
Electronic Books |
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