The Routledge Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets
Christopher Moseley, George L. Campbell, "The Routledge Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets, 2nd Edition"
ISBN: 0415560985, 0415560977 | 2012 | EPUB | 200 pages | 6 MB
The Routledge Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets is a unique reference to the main scripts and alphabets of the world.
The Handbook presents over 60 alphabets covering an enormous scope of languages; from Amharic and Chinese to Thai and Cree. Full script tables are given for every language and each entry is accompanied by a detailed overview of its historical and linguistic context.
New to this second edition:
enhanced introduction discussing the basic principles and strategies utilized by world writing systems
expanded to include more writing systems
improved presentation of non-Roman scripts.
organised into ancient, contemporary and autochthonous writing systems
many new entries on fascinating and lesser-known writing systems
This handy resource is the ideal reference for all students and scholars of language and linguistics.