Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets by George L. Campbell

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The Routledge Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets is a unique reference to the main scripts and alphabets of the world. The Handbook presents over 60 alphabets covering an enormous scope of languages; from Amharic and Chinese to Thai and Cree. Full script tables are given for every language and each entry is accompanied by a detailed overview of its historical and linguistic context. New to this second edition:enhanced introduction discussing the basic principles and strategies utilized by show more world writing systems expanded to show less

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Garzo 17 reviews

This book is full of lots of pretty squiggles. The scripts are well presented, but this thin handbook makes little distinction between transliteration, transcription and phonology. Nice but not solid.

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elfortunawe 17 reviews

Jan 9, 2008

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