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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: Blackwell encyclopedia of writing systems
  title info:
    title: Encyclopedia of writing systems
  name:
    name part: Coulmas, Florian.
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Encyclopedia
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    place:
      place term: Oxford, OX, UK
    place:
      place term: Cambridge, Mass., USA
    publisher: Blackwell Publishers
    date issued: ©1996
    date issued: 1996
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  language:
    language term: mul
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (xxviii, 603 pages : : illustrations.)
  abstract: 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. Entries in this encyclopedia describe how writing systems evolved, how they work, and how they differ from each other. The entries deal with technical aspects such as handwriting, printing, and word processing; with practical problems of decipherment, alphabet making, and spelling reform; and with theoretical questions such as the functions of writing and the typology of writing systems.
  abstract: Florian Coulmas starts from the view that writing reflects a process of linguistic analysis, yet he ranges widely among different scientific disciplines. He draws on historical and paleographic research into the fundamental structural options of representing language by means of a graphic code, on psychological investigation into the cognitive processing of texts, and on sociological and educational inquiry into the social conditions and consequences of literacy. Entries vary between short explanations of terms and concepts, brief accounts of individual writing systems, and longer theoretical articles. The encyclopedia contains an exceptional array of visual examples and is supported by a comprehensive bibliography.
  note: Florian Coulmas.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 578-603).
  subject:
    topic: Writing
    genre: Encyclopedias
  subject:
    topic: Alphabets
    genre: Encyclopedias
  subject:
    topic: Language and languages
    topic: Orthography and spelling
    genre: Encyclopedias
  classification: Z40 .C67 1996
  classification: 411
  classification: 06.09
  classification: AM 12400
  classification: ER 745
  classification: ER 751
  classification: RR 10968
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    identifier: (DLC) 94047460
  identifier: 9781118932667 (electronic bk.)
  identifier: 1118932668 (electronic bk.)
  identifier: 0631194460
  identifier: 9780631194460
  identifier: 063121481X
  identifier: 9780631214816
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  record info:
    record content source: NhCcYBP
    record creation date: 230502
    record change date: 20260214204402.6
    record identifier: in00004682946
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng