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Writing Systems: Past, present (… and future?)
Edited by Terry Joyce and Robert Crellin
[Written Language & Literacy 22:2] 2019
► pp. 167–178
Introduction

Writing systems

Past, present (… and future?)

| Tama University
| University of Cambridge
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Writing systems along the temporal dimension
  • 3.Universal themes that transcend time
    • The pervasive nature of orthographic variation
    • Enduring issues for writing systems research
  • Acknowledgement
  • Note
  • References


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Published online: 30 March 2020
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https://doi.org/10.1075/wll.00024.joy
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