The Disappearance of Writing Systems: Perspectives on Literacy and Communication

by JohnBaines (Author), StephenHouston (Editor), JohnBennet (Editor)

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  2010

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  Gathers papers from the conference held on the disappearance of writing systems, in Oxford in March 2004. This title offers a fresh perspective on approaches to writing that can be significant for the understanding of writing systems and their social functions, literacy, memory, and high-cultural communication systems in general.