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The shape of script : how and why writing systems change
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The shape of script : how and why writing systems change

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Cuneiform: Changes and Developments / Niek Veldhuis
Scripts, High Culture, and Administration in Middle Kingdom Egypt / John Baines
Paragrams, Punctuation, and System in Ancient Roman Script / John Bodel
Stability and Change in Arabic Script / Beatrice Gruendler
Some Principles and Patterns of Script Change / Richard Salomon
Script Change in Bronze Age China / Kyle Steinke
The Development of Writing in Japan / David B. Lurie
Maya Writing: Modified, Transformed / Stephen D. Houston
The Shape of Script in a Colonial Context: Alphabetic and Pictorial Registers in Mixtec Texts / John Monaghan
Trends and Transitions in the History of Written Numerals / Stephen Chrisomalis.

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The shape of script : how and why writing systems change. ISBN 9781934691427. Published by School for Advanced Research Press in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.

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