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CHAPTER Ⅰ.WRITING AS A SYSTEM OF SIGNS1

Ways of Communicating Ideas1

Definition of Writing11

Sources of Information20

Study of Writing22

CHAPTER Ⅱ.FORERUNNERS OF WRITING24

Primitive Drawings24

Descriptive-Representational Device29

Identifying-Mnemonic Device36

Limited Systems51

CHAPTER Ⅲ.WORD-SYLLABIC SYSTEMS60

Sumerian System61

Egyptian System72

Hittite System81

Chinese System85

Proto-Elamite,Proto-Indic,and Cretan Systems89

Signs in General97

Word Signs99

Svllabic Signs107

Auxiliary Marks113

Word-Svllabic Writing113

CHAPTER Ⅳ.SYLLABIC WRITINGS120

Cuneiform Syllabaries120

West Semitic Syllabaries122

Aegean Syllabaries153

Japanese Syllabary159

Observations162

CHAPTER Ⅴ.THE ALPHABET166

Oriental Forerunners166

Greek Alphabet176

Alphabet's Conquest of the World183

CHAPTER Ⅵ.EVOLUTION OF WRITING190

Stages of Development190

Pictures190

Forerunners of Writing190

Word-Svllabic Systems194

Svllabic Systems196

Alphabetic Systems197

Observations198

CHAPTER Ⅶ.MODERN WRITINGS AMONG PRIMITIVES206

Descriptive Presentation206

Observations210

CHAPTER Ⅷ.MONOGENESIS OR POLYGENESIS OF WRITING212

Cultural Background of the Seven Oriental Systems213

Possible Arguments in Favour of Monogenesis217

CHAPTER Ⅸ.WRITING AND CIVILIZATION221

Importance of Writing221

Writing and Speech223

Writing and Art229

Writing and Religion230

CHAPTER Ⅹ.FUTURE OF WRITING236

CHAPTER Ⅺ.TERMINOLOGY OF WRITING248

CHAPTER Ⅻ.BIBLIOGRAPHY254

NOTES269

INDEX309

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