Название: The Story of the Alphabet / История алфавита Автор: Edward Clodd Издательство: Appleton & Co (New York) Год: 1912 Страниц: 208 Формат: pdf (в rar) Размер: 10 мб Качество: хорошее (в цвете) Язык: английский
Writing began as a pictorial record, then the pictures became representations of an idea and writing became symbolic. In the final stages of its evolution, the symbols represented a sound. This evolution is set forth within this volume, with emphasis on the common primitive forms and concepts from which the modern alphabet have been derived.