Author : Florian Coulmas
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 9780631214816
Total Pages : 636 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Writing Systems by : Florian Coulmas
Download or read book The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Writing Systems written by Florian Coulmas and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1999-03-12 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an encyclopedia of writing systems, scripts and orthographies of all the world's major languages, past and present. It provides both a fully illustrated description of over 400 writing systems and an account of the study of writing in many different disciplines, from anthropology to psychology.