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Author : John Bodel
Release : 2021-08-19
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 612/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Hidden Language of Graphic Signs by : John Bodel
Download or read book The Hidden Language of Graphic Signs written by John Bodel. This book was released on 2021-08-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book zeroes in on hidden writing and alternative systems of graphic notation, exploring writings that deflect attention from language.
Author : John Bodel
Release : 2021-08-19
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 884/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Hidden Language of Graphic Signs by : John Bodel
Download or read book The Hidden Language of Graphic Signs written by John Bodel. This book was released on 2021-08-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A common belief is that systems of writing are committed to transparency and precise records of sound. The target is the language behind such marks. Readers, not viewers, matter most, and the most effective graphs largely record sound, not meaning. But what if embellishments mattered deeply - if hidden writing, slow to produce, slow to read, played as enduring a role as more accessible graphs? What if meaningful marks did service alongside records of spoken language? This book, a compilation of essays by global authorities on these subjects, zeroes in on hidden writing and alternative systems of graphic notation. Essays by leading scholars explore forms of writing that, by their formal intricacy, deflect attention from language. The volume also examines graphs that target meaning directly, without passing through the filter of words and the medium of sound. The many examples here testify to human ingenuity and future possibilities for exploring enriched graphic communication.
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Release : 1970
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Book Synopsis Glossary of Graphic Signs and Symbols by :
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Author : Ilona Zsolnay
Release : 2023-04-10
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Rating : 88X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Seen Not Heard by : Ilona Zsolnay
Download or read book Seen Not Heard written by Ilona Zsolnay. This book was released on 2023-04-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditionally, writing--a graphic, multidimensional form of communication--has been approached as a vehicle for representing, and therefore conveying, the spoken word. Moving beyond this manner of analysis, this volume interrogates writing as a medium that is not simply a handmaiden to oral and aural exchange but a communication system that is richly layered and experienced. To exploit this aspect of visual code, scholars from the fields of Egyptology, Sinology, Hittitology, and Assyriology, together with Mesoamericanists, art historians, and a sign language specialist, are brought together in this volume. In its pages, these contributors incorporate into their analyses methods more commonly used in linguistics and semiotics, communication studies, art historical analysis, and traditional philology to new ends in order to form original trajectories of inquiry. Each contribution either lays bare explicit exploitation of visuality in scribal production as a means to cement power, reveal the mystical, induce humor, or expose clandestine views or it locates implicit knowledge schemes and cultural maps underlying and informing these same productions. The pioneering investigations presented in Seen Not Heard reveal that although writing may be heard, the fact that it can also be seen affects its reception and therefore the meaning of any transported phonological units.
Author : Rebecca Ruth Benefiel
Release : 2023-10-30
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 127/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Inscriptions and the Epigraphic Habit by : Rebecca Ruth Benefiel
Download or read book Inscriptions and the Epigraphic Habit written by Rebecca Ruth Benefiel. This book was released on 2023-10-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume illustrates how the epigraphic habit is ubiquitous but variously expressed. Inscriptions become part of the fabric of Greek and Roman culture.
