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Author:   Alex de Voogt ,  Irving Finkel
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   1
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.806kg
ISBN:  

9789004174467

ISBN 10:   900417446
Pages:   396
Publication Date:   14 December 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of contents Acknowledgements Introducing writing on writing Alex de Voogt Play in writing Strange byways in cuneiform writing Irving L. Finkel Scripts and shapes: Chinese characters and Japanese syllabaries in early modern Japan Margarita Winkel Substitution, substitution, substitution: the many faces of Maya writing Erik Boot Loanwords From group-writing to word association: representation and integration of foreign words in Egyptian script Joachim Friedrich Quack What is being borrowed? Language and script contact in Taiwan Henning Kloeter The adaptation of the cuneiform script to foreign languages Wilfred H. van Soldt Loanwords, foreign words, and foreign signs in Maya writing Erik Boot On loans and additions to the Fidal (Ethiopic) writing system Azeb Amha Languages and scripts in the Maldive Islands: coding and encoding Alex de Voogt Foreign terms in Sanskrit pertaining to writing Harry Falk Polysemy Reducing polyvalency in writing systems: from Egyptian to Meroitic Claude Rilly Difficult hieroglyphs and unreadable Demotic? How the ancient Egyptians dealt with the complexities of their script Joachim Friedrich Quack Maya Writing: synonyms and homonyms, polyvalency and polysemy Erik Boot In the interstices of representation: ludic writing and the locus of polysemy in the Chinese sign Wolfgang Behr Towards another script Egyptian writing for non-Egyptian languages and vice-versa: a short overview Joachim Friedrich Quack The Caroline Islands script: a linguistic confrontation Alex de Voogt The interaction of syllabic and alphabetic cuneiform writing in Ugarit Wilfred H. van Soldt Writing Dance Joukje Kolff Index

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Alex de Voogt, Ph.D. (1995) in Psychology, Leiden University, is an Assistant Curator at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. His studies on writing systems and the dispersal of board games focus on the Indian Ocean region. Irving Finkel, Ph.D. (1976) in Assyriology, University of Birmingham, is an Assistant Keeper at the British Museum in London. His special subjects are Ancient Mesopotamia, Cuneiform writing, Lexicography, Medicine, Esoterica and the study of Ancient Magic, in addition to contributions on the history of board games. Contributors are Margarita Winkel, Erik Boot, Joachim Friedich Quack, Henning Klöter, Wilfred H. van Soldt, Azeb Amha, Harry Falk, Claude Rilly, Wolfgang Behr, Joukje Kolff, Alex de Voogt and Irving Finkel.

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