SEASIAN M20 Lecture 1: Asian M20 Lecture Notes
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Defining writing: a system of human intercommunications by means of conventional visible marks. (gelb. The phonetic principle: the problem forces us to refine our definition: writing is different than art because . Writing and civilization: assumption than the rise of writing occurs in close connection to the rise of civilization in human history; writing pertains to urbanism, highly stratified social system. Writing is the greatest of human manual-intellectual inventions. (bernal, 1954:119) Writing ushers in civilization and initiates the historical record/ (childe, 1982:31) Man"s biological evolution shades into prehistory when. The diverse oneness of writing: since its invention several millennia ago, the basic principles used in writing have undergone very little change to the modern period. Development of writing: questions about the definition of writing are inextricably linked to questions about the development of writing, picture writing system: glyphs (simplified pictures) directly represent objects and concepts. Pictograms/logograms: symbols that represent concepts, objects, events etc.
