Alphabets & Writing Systems

The K-Effect shows how the roman alphabet has functioned as a standardizing global model for modern print culture. Investigating the history and ongoing effects of romanization, Christopher GoGwilt reads modernism in a global and comparative perspective,...

Inquiry into signed languages has added to what is known about structural variation and language, language learning, and cognitive processing of language. However, comparatively little research has focused on communication disorders in signed language...

When Columbus arrived in the Americas there were, it is believed, as many as 2,000 distinct, mutually unintelligible tongues spoken in the western hemisphere, encompassing the entire area from the Arctic Circle to Tierra del Fuego. This astonishing fact...

When Columbus arrived in the Americas there were, it is believed, as many as 2,000 distinct, mutually unintelligible tongues spoken in the western hemisphere, encompassing the entire area from the Arctic Circle to Tierra del Fuego. This astonishing fact...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788131904923Author PegasusFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint B Jain Publishers Pvt LtdPublisher B Jain Publishers Pvt LtdWeight(grams) 100g

Introduces readers to the concept of opposites through the pairing of wet and dry. Simple text, straightforward photos, and a photo glossary make this title the perfect primer on a common pair of opposites.Book InformationISBN 9781641854108Author...

Introduces readers to the concept of opposites through the pairing of near and far. Simple text, straightforward photos, and a photo glossary make this title the perfect primer on a common pair of opposites.Book InformationISBN 9781641854085Author...

Introduces readers to the concept of opposites through the pairing of near and far. Simple text, straightforward photos, and a photo glossary make this title the perfect primer on a common pair of opposites.Book InformationISBN 9781641853507Author...

Introduces readers to the concept of opposites through the pairing of wet and dry. Simple text, straightforward photos, and a photo glossary make this title the perfect primer on a common pair of opposites.Book InformationISBN 9781641853521Author...

In this book, Philip Zhakevich examines the technology of writing as it existed in the southern Levant during the Iron Age II period, after the alphabetic writing system had fully taken root in the region. Using the Hebrew Bible as its corpus and...

The field of text technologies is a capacious analytical framework that focuses on all textual records throughout human history, from the earliest periods of traceable communication-perhaps as early as 60,000 BCE-to the present day. At its core, it...

Inquiry into signed languages has added to what is known about structural variation and language, language learning, and cognitive processing of language. However, comparatively little research has focused on communication disorders in signed language...

This book shows that the languages and dialects of Europe are becoming increasingly alike and furthermore that this unifying process goes back to Roman times, is accelerating, and affects every European language including those of different families such...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781564142474Author Edie SchwagerFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Career PressPublisher Red Wheel/WeiserDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 10mm

The field of text technologies is a capacious analytical framework that focuses on all textual records throughout human history, from the earliest periods of traceable communication-perhaps as early as 60,000 BCE-to the present day. At its core, it...

This Element describes creative sign language in deaf literature. To showcase the exciting developments in Latin American deaf literature, the authors focus upon creative Libras as it is used by the Brazilian deaf community, while emphasising aspects of...

An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Wildlife Corridors charts some best practices and makes new theoretical contributions about the design and creation of wildlife corridors. The book provides the necessary background for...

In this book, Philip Zhakevich examines the technology of writing as it existed in the southern Levant during the Iron Age II period, after the alphabetic writing system had fully taken root in the region. Using the Hebrew Bible as its corpus and...