The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Writing Systems

Florian Coulmas

Wiley, Mar 12, 1999 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 636 pages

This is an encyclopedia of writing systems, scripts and orthographies of all the world's major languages, past and present. It provides both a fully illustrated description of over 400 writing systems and an account of the study of writing in many different disciplines, from anthropology to psychology.

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Nearly 80 international scholars, the editors among them, have contributed entries in The World's Writing Systems covering all scripts officially used throughout the world as well as their historical ...

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Florian Coulmas is Professor of Sociolinguistics at Chuo University, Tokyo. He was previously Professor of General Linguistics at Dusseldorf University and Research Fellow of the National Language Institute, Tokyo. He has been visiting Professor at Georgetown University and Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Study, Berlin. His principle fields of interest are the study of writing and sociolinguistics.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Writing Systems; Ill., graph. Darst
• Author: Florian Coulmas
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Wiley, 1999
• ISBN: 063121481X, 9780631214816
• Length: 636 pages
• Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / General; Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General