Writing: theory and history of the technology of civilization

Abstract

List of Illustrations ix Maps xiv Preface xv Chronology xvii Introduction: A Difficult Topic, Little Studied, Poorly Understood 1 1 What Is Writing? 11 2 Writing with Signs 19 3 Categories and Features of Writing 38 4 Some General Issues in the Study of Writing 51 5 Protocuneiform and Counting Tokens 60 6 Origin of Lexigraphic Writing in Mesopotamia 70 7 Plato's Ideas and Champollion's Decipherment of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs 85 8 Egyptian Writing and Egyptian Speech 100 9 Origin and Nature of Egyptian Writing 108 10 The House of Life: Scribes and Writing in Ancient Egypt 120 11 Syllabic Scripts of the Aegean 128 12 West Semitic Revolution 148 13 What Kind of Writing Was West Semitic? 163 14 Origins of West Semitic Writing 175 15 Chinese Logography 187 16 Lexigraphic Writing in Mesoamerica 206 17 Greek Alphabet: A Writing That Changed the World 227 18 Summary and Conclusions 245 Glossary 255 Bibliography 263 Index 270

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