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Table of contents
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The content of this module
is based on teaching materials by Tjeerd Tichelaar (2003).
These teaching materials are made available in the "documents"
section.
The module
contains the following chapters:
Introduction
Chapter 1: Meaning,
sound and looks
Chapter 2:
Scripts, the graphics of language
Chapter 3:
Script development
Chapter 4:
Division of scripts
Chapter 5: Basic
unit of writing
Chapter 6:
Persistence of logograms
Chapter 7:
Ideographic and logographic sripts
Chapter 8: Syllabic
scripts
Chapter 9: Alphabetic
scripts
Chapter 10: Non-Roman
scripts
Chapter 11: Biscriptual
map
Chapter 12: Greek
and Roman alphabets
When reading through the
following pages, you will come across some uncommon terms. These
terms are hyperlinked to the UNGEGN Glossary
of Terminology (pdf).
Behind each term a number (#) is given that corresponds to the
numbering applied in this glossary, e.g. toponymy
(#344).
For exercises and documents
(and literature) on this topic see respectively the "Excercises"
and/or the "Documents
section of this module.
The complete module can be
downloaded here.
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