William Bright (1) (1928–2006)
Author of The World's Writing Systems
For other authors named William Bright, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
William Bright is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Anthropology at UCLA and Adjunct Professor of Linguistics at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Series
Works by William Bright
Variation and Change in Language: Essays (Language science and national development) (1976) — Author — 6 copies
International Encyclopedia of Linguistics VOLUME FOUR — Editor — 1 copy
International Encyclopedia of Linguistics VOLUME ONE — Editor — 1 copy
A study of Tamil dialects 1 copy
Tamil phonemics 1 copy
Language : Vol. 60, No. 2 1 copy
Language : Vol. 60, No. 1 1 copy
Language : Vol. 61, No. 1 1 copy
Language Vol. 57, No. 2 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Bright, William Oliver
- Birthdate
- 1928-08-13
- Date of death
- 2006-10-15
- Gender
- male
- Education
- University of California, Berkeley (BA|Linguistics)
University of California, Berkeley (PhD|Linguistics) - Occupations
- linguist
- Relationships
- Bright, Susie (daughter)
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Oxnard, California, USA
- Places of residence
- Boulder, Colorado, USA
- Place of death
- Louisville, Colorado, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- Colorado, USA
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Reviews
A survey of the various writing systems used across the world from the Bronze Age to the present (well, 1990s), this is a sort of book that's more or less obsolete in the Age of Wikipedia.
Besides the obvious disadvantages such as limited page count, cost, and lack of possibility of continuous updating, there are actually a couple advantages too: there's a unity of approach and professionality unavailable to crowdsourced endeavours, and you can browse it, stumbling on something you didn't show more know you were interested in, in a way that's hard to do with a wiki. show less
Besides the obvious disadvantages such as limited page count, cost, and lack of possibility of continuous updating, there are actually a couple advantages too: there's a unity of approach and professionality unavailable to crowdsourced endeavours, and you can browse it, stumbling on something you didn't show more know you were interested in, in a way that's hard to do with a wiki. show less
Wide coverage, but each chapter is short and in many senses wanting. EXPEN$IVE
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Statistics
- Works
- 41
- Members
- 504
- Popularity
- #49,150
- Rating
- 4.2
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 51