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020			_a1405154063 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020			_a9781405154062 (hardcover : alk. paper) _cRM318.42
020			_a1405154071 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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040			_aUKM
090			_aP211.G535
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100	1		_aGnanadesikan, Amalia E.
245	1	4	_aThe writing revolution : _bcuneiform to the Internet / _cAmalia E. Gnanadesikan
260			_aChichester, U.K. : _bWiley-Blackwell, _c2009
300			_axii, 310 p., [8] p. of plates : _bill. (some col.), maps ; _c23 cm.
490	1		_aThe language library
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 281-296) and index
505	0		_aThe first IT revolution -- Cuneiform: forgotten legacy of a forgotten people -- Egyptian hieroglyphs and the quest for eternity -- Chinese: a love of paperwork -- Maya glyphs: calendars of kings -- Linear B: the clerks of Agamemnon -- Japanese: three scripts are better than one -- Cherokee: Sequoyah reverse-engineers -- The Semitic alphabet: Egypt to Manchuria in 3,400 years -- The empire of Sanskrit -- King Sejong's one-man renaissance -- Greek serendipity -- The age of Latin -- The alphabet meets the machine
650		0	_aWriting _xHistory
650		0	_aAlphabet _xHistory
907			_a.b14555402 _b2020-10-15 _c2019-11-12
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991			_aPusat Pengajian Bahasa & Linguistik (SLB)
998			_at _b2009-10-07 _cm _da _feng _genk _y0 _z.b14555402
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