History of writing. From picture writing to a full-fledged alphabet
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The work of the famous American scientist I.J. Gelba is dedicated to the development of history and the evolution of writing in its diversity and relationship with other spheres of human activity. The author describes and compares different types of writing and traces in detail its development from the very first stages of pictorial writing to the creation of a full-fledged alphabet. The final chapters focus on the future of writing and its relationship to speech, art and religion.
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Data sheet
- Name of the Author
- Игнас Гельб Джей
- Language
- Russian
- Translator
- Татьяна Михайловна Шуликова