Writing: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization
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分類: 图书,进口原版,ELT(英语学习),
品牌: Barry B. Powell
基本信息出版社:Wiley-Blackwell; 1 (2012年2月21日)平装:296页正文语种:英语ISBN:1118255321条形码:9781118255322商品尺寸:15.4 x 1.4 x 23 cm商品重量:381 gASIN:1118255321商品描述内容简介Writing: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilizationtraces the origins of writing tied to speech from ancient Sumer through the Greek alphabet and beyond.
Examines the earliest evidence for writing in Mesopotamia in the fourth millennium BC, the origins of purely phonographic systems, and the mystery of alphabetic writing
Includes discussions of Ancient Egyptian,Chinese, and Mayan writing
Shows how the structures of writing served and do serve social needs and in turn create patterns of social behavior
Clarifies the argument with many illustrations作者简介Barry B. Powellis Halls-Bascom Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has written extensively on ancient Greek literature and the history of writing. His books includeHomer and the Origin of the Greek Alphabet(1991),A New Companion to Homer(editor, with Ian Morris) (1997),Writing and the Origins of Greek Literature(2001), and two editions ofHomer(second edition, Blackwell, 2007).