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Peer reviewedSchmandt-Besserat, Denise – Visible Language, 1986
Summarizes some of the major pieces of evidence concerning the archeological clay tokens, specifically the technique for their manufacture, their geographic distribution, chronology, and the context in which they are found. Discusses the interpretation of tokens as the first example of visible language, particularly as an antecedent of Sumerian…
Descriptors: Accounting, Archaeology, Diachronic Linguistics, Intellectual History
Peer reviewedSeeley, Chris – Visible Language, 1984
Summarizes changes in the Japanese script from 1900 onwards, emphasizing those made after World War II in an effort to simplify the script. (FL)
Descriptors: Intellectual History, Japanese, Language Research, Modern History
Peer reviewedTwine, Nanette – Visible Language, 1984
Examines how, under Western influence, punctuation was adopted in Japanese texts in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. (FL)
Descriptors: Intellectual History, Japanese, Language Research, Orthographic Symbols
