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Scripts and Writing Systems: A Historical Perspective

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Scripts and Literacy

Part of the book series: Neuropsychology and Cognition ((NPCO,volume 7))

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Evaluations of writing systems, or a particular script, are all too often based on the twin assumption that it is the purpose of writing to make language visible; and that the alphabet is best suited to achieve this. Such a Euro-centric approach ignores both history and facts.

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  1. Albertine Gaur
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  1. The McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology, University of Toronto, Canada

    Insup Taylor

  2. The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Canada

    David R. Olson

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Gaur, A. (1995). Scripts and Writing Systems: A Historical Perspective. In: Taylor, I., Olson, D.R. (eds) Scripts and Literacy. Neuropsychology and Cognition, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1162-1_2

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