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Origins of the alphabet : proceedings of the First Polis Institute Interdisciplinary Conference /

Despite the fact that writing has arisen independently many times in various different regions of the world, including Egypt, Sumer, China, and Mexico, the concept of the alphabet was invented only once, somewhere between Egypt and Phoenicia, with all known alphabets going back to this single source...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Rico, Christophe, 1962-, Attucci, Claudia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Despite the fact that writing has arisen independently many times in various different regions of the world, including Egypt, Sumer, China, and Mexico, the concept of the alphabet was invented only once, somewhere between Egypt and Phoenicia, with all known alphabets going back to this single source. While it is possible, up to a certain point, for scholars to provide an answer as to how the alphabet came about, it is much more difficult to understand the cause of its origin: why did it come about? In February 2013 Polis - the Jerusalem Institute of Languages and Humanities invited some of the.
Notas:International conference proceedings.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:1443883476
9781443883474