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Item Details
Title:
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THE ALPHABET
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By: |
David Sacks |
Format: |
Paperback |
List price:
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£7.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
0099436825 |
ISBN 13: |
9780099436829 |
Publisher: |
CORNERSTONE |
Pub. date: |
7 October, 2004 |
Pages: |
416 |
Description: |
There is a story behind each letter of the alphabet. Why is X the Unknown or shorthand for a kiss? Which letter came last, historically, in the alphabet? (J). |
Synopsis: |
There is a story behind each letter of the alphabet. Why is X the Unknown or shorthand for a kiss? Which letter came last, historically, in the alphabet? (J). How did a few squiggles, invented a thousand years ago to denote sounds of a now vanished Semitic language, survive to become our letters today? While China and Japan rely mainly on scripts of ideograms, three-quarters of humanity uses some kind of alphabet. Chinese writing requires 2000 basic symbols (but there's no language barrier), where an alphabet needs typically less than 30. From A-Z, David Sacks provides answers to the most fascinating questions about the way we talk, write and think in a book which will also be illustrated graphically throughout - not just with variations of individual letters but with maps, charts and general narrative images. |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Arrow Books Ltd |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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