Johannes Gutenberg and the Shadow of Bi Sheng

How Language Developed. Why Writing Developed in China – and Printing in Europe. And Whether That Can Tell Us Anything for the Future.

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Without language, not much else would exist: no writing, no computer – as a matter of fact, no technical or medical progress that make our lives less painful, and easier indeed; Further questions are how man began to write, and how printing developed – in which languages?

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Utgivningsdatum2023-10-13
Mått148 x 210 x 8 mm
Vikt182 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor124
FörlagSpringer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
ISBN9783658428648

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Introduction.- Children from the wild, children without language.- Pidgin and Creole.- Preconditions and Self Organization.- I, Robot.- To Hear and to Speak.- To Speak and to Think.- Hunters and Gatherers.- The Languages of Hunter-Gatherers.- The Neolithic Revolution.- Hierarchies.- Pictography.- The Rebus Principle.- Syllabary.- Finally: the Alphabet.- Where printing was invented.- The Shadow of Bi Sheng: Seal, Paper, Ink – and the Press.- Johannes Gutenberg.- Current Developments.- A final thought.- References.- Figures.