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Peter T. Daniels

Author of The World's Writing Systems

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Peter T. Daniels, the world's leading expert on writing systems, holds degrees in Linguistics from Cornell University and the University of Chicago. His first interests were in Comparative Semitic linguistics, which built to the study of writing and decipherment. His challenge to his teacher I.J. show more Gelb's influential theories of the evolution of scripts has led to a persistent search for legitimate principles of the nature and development of writing: He is co-editor (with William Bright) of and principal contributor to The World's Writing Systems (1996). show less

Works by Peter T. Daniels

The World's Writing Systems (1996) — Editor — 219 copies, 2 reviews
Phonologies of Asia & Africa: Including the Caucasus (1997) — Technical Advisor — 14 copies
Phonologies of Asia and Africa: Including the Caucasus, Vol. 2 (1997) — Technical Advisor — 12 copies
Phonologies of Asia and Africa: Including the Caucasus (2 Volume Set) (1997) — Technical Advisor — 9 copies
An Exploration of Writing (2017) 3 copies
Anthropological Linguistics : Ten-Year Index (1989-1998) 1 copy
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Associated Works

Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World (2005) — Typographer, some editions — 1,890 copies, 36 reviews
The Oxford Handbook of Arabic Linguistics (2013) — Contributor — 17 copies
The Oxford Handbook of the History of Linguistics (2013) — Contributor — 14 copies

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Birthdate
1951-12-11
Gender
male
Occupations
scholar
Nationality
USA
Places of residence
New Jersey, USA
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New Jersey, USA

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AndreasJ365 reviews
The World's Writing Systems by Peter T. Daniels
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
Jan 27, 20251 other review
garyfeng27 reviews
The World's Writing Systems by Peter T. Daniels
Wide coverage, but each chapter is short and in many senses wanting. EXPEN$IVE
Jun 14, 20071 other review
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William Bright Editor
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