The Routledge handbook of scripts and alphabets /
The Routledge Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets is a unique reference to the main scripts and alphabets of the world. The Handbook presents over 60 alphabets covering an enormous scope of languages; from Amharic and Chinese to Thai and Cree. Full script tables are given for every language and each e...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York :
Routledge,
2012.
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Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The Routledge Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets is a unique reference to the main scripts and alphabets of the world. The Handbook presents over 60 alphabets covering an enormous scope of languages; from Amharic and Chinese to Thai and Cree. Full script tables are given for every language and each entry is accompanied by a detailed overview of its historical and linguistic context. New to this second edition:enhanced introduction discussing the basic principles and strategies utilized by world writing systems expanded to include more writing systems improved presentation of non-Roman scripts.o. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 183 pages) : illustrations, map |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780203865484 0203865480 9781135222970 1135222975 9781135222925 1135222924 9781135222963 1135222967 |