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" Attempts to establish general principles governing the use and evolution of writing on a comparative typological basis'.
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A study of writing : the foundations of grammatology by Ignace J. Gelb. Published by Routledge & K.Paul in 1952. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.