The Story of the Alphabet

Nonfiction, History
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Author: Edward Clodd ISBN: 1230000255377
Publisher: VolumesOfValue Publication: July 26, 2014
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Edward Clodd
ISBN: 1230000255377
Publisher: VolumesOfValue
Publication: July 26, 2014
Imprint:
Language: English

This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents and Index

CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTORY
II. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE ALPHABET
III. MEMORY-AIDS AND PICTURE-WRITING
(a) Mnemonic
(b) Pictorial
(c) Ideographic
(d) Phonetic
IV. CHINESE, JAPANESE, AND COREAN SCRIPTS
V. CUNEIFORM WRITING
VI. EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHICS
(a) Hieroglyphic Writing
(b) Hieratic Writing
(c) Demotic Writing
VII. THE ROSETTA STONE
VIII. EGYPTIAN WRITING IN ITS RELATION TO OTHER SCRIPTS
IX. CRETAN AND ALLIED SCRIPTS
X. GREEK PAPYRI
The Diffusion of the "Phoenician" Alphabet —
(a) Aramean
(b) Sabean
(c) Hellenic

XI. RUNES AND OGAMS
INDEX

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This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents and Index

CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTORY
II. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE ALPHABET
III. MEMORY-AIDS AND PICTURE-WRITING
(a) Mnemonic
(b) Pictorial
(c) Ideographic
(d) Phonetic
IV. CHINESE, JAPANESE, AND COREAN SCRIPTS
V. CUNEIFORM WRITING
VI. EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHICS
(a) Hieroglyphic Writing
(b) Hieratic Writing
(c) Demotic Writing
VII. THE ROSETTA STONE
VIII. EGYPTIAN WRITING IN ITS RELATION TO OTHER SCRIPTS
IX. CRETAN AND ALLIED SCRIPTS
X. GREEK PAPYRI
The Diffusion of the "Phoenician" Alphabet —
(a) Aramean
(b) Sabean
(c) Hellenic

XI. RUNES AND OGAMS
INDEX

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