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1 online resource (xviii, 378 pages) : illustrations, maps, plans |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This volume gathers papers from the first conference ever to be held on the disappearance of writing systems, in Oxford in March 2004. While the invention and decipherment of writing systems have long been focuses of research, their eclipse or replacement have been little studied. Because writing is so important in many cultures and civilizations, its disappearance - followed by a period without it or by replacement by a different writing system - is of almost equal significance to invention as a mark of radical change. Probably more writing systems have disappeared than survived in the last f. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Writing -- History.
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Writing. |
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History. |
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Language obsolescence.
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Language obsolescence. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Baines, John.
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Bennet, John, 1957-
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Houston, Stephen D.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Disappearance of writing systems. London ; Oakville, CT : Equinox, 2008 (DLC) 2008014610 |
| ISBN |
9781845535872 (electronic book) |
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1845535871 (electronic book) |
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9781845530136 (hardback) |
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1845530136 (hardback) |
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