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Daniels, Peter T. and William Bright, eds. 1996. The world's writing systems. Oxford University Press. xlvi + 920 pp.
Publication type
Book – edited volume
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
ISBN
0-19-507993-0

Annotation

This encyclopedic study on how scripts represent languages, covers almost all past and present writing systems, illustrates them and provides up-to-date references. Special topics include the decipherment of ancient writing, script reform, numerical notation and computerization.

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