Ancient writing and the history of the alphabet
DVD - 2023
"So, when--and where--did writing first emerge? Why did early humans find it necessary to record their thoughts in a visual medium? How did cultures that had relied solely on spoken language for thousands of years create symbols that could carry meaning? And how did all the many scripts and systems that developed over the centuries lead us to the 26-letter alphabet of the English language? Embark on a journey to the very beginning of writing as a tool of language and see how the many threads of history and linguistics came together to create the alphabet that forms the foundation of English writing."--Provided by publisher.
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- Subjects
- Genres
- Educational films
Feature films
History
Instructional and educational works
Lectures
Nonfiction films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Published
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Chantilly, VA :
The Teaching Company
[2023]
- Language
- English
- Corporate Author
- Main Author
- Corporate Author
- Item Description
- "The Great courses, Topic: Literature & language ; Subtopic: Linguistics"--Cover.
"Course no. 20020"--Disc labels.
16 lectures lasting an average of 24 minutes each.
Course guidebooks laid in each container. Guidebooks contain outlines for each lecture. - Physical Description
- 2 videodiscs (approximately 384 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (ii, 87 pages : illustrations, maps ; 19 cm)
- Format
- DVD.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references in course guidebook.
- ISBN
- 9781644654866
- Disc 1. The nature of writing ; Cuneiform: the world's first writing ; How Egyptian hieroglyphs work ; The invention of alphabets ; The alphabet goes East ; The advent of A, E, and O ; Lost at C ; The history of H
- Disc 2. The inception of I and it's journey to J ; The quirks and zigzags of Q and Z ; The ramblings of R ; The unfolding of U, V, W, and F ; The yesteryears of Y ; Brisk sojourns through B, L, N, and S ; Meditations on M, D, X, and T ; How did punctuation develop?
